<p> On a day of upsets, top seeds in girls under-17 and under-19 categories, Prashi Joshi and Shikha Gautam, were ousted in the 15th All-India junior ranking badminton tournament at the Karnataka Badminton Association here on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Karnataka’s Shikha, who started favourite in her tie against Aakarshi Kashyap, was brought crashing down as she struggled to get into her stride and went down 20-22, 16-21.<br /><br />A host of unforced errors coupled with fatigue got the better of Shikha as her unseeded opponent from Chandigarh played a measured game to stroll into the girls’ under-19 final.<br /><br />In the girls’ under-17 semifinal, Air India’s Prashi, seeded number one, fell to third seeded Purva Barva 17-21, 21-18, 12-21. Prashi was chasing the game right from the start as Purva found a perfect blend of drop shots and smashes to ruffle the top seed. <br /><br />In the under-19 girls’ doubles, it will be an all-Karntaka final on Sunday with Mahima Agarwal and Shikha taking on pairing of Ashwini Bhat and Mithula UK.<br /><br />Mahima and Shikha beat Riya Mookerjee and Anura Prabhudesai 21-13, 21-12 while Ashwini and Mithula downed state-mates Apeksha Nayak and Archana Pai 21-16, 21-11.<br />Results: Boys: Under-19: Singles: Quarterfinals: Chirag Sen (AI) bt Aryamann Tandon (Guj) 18-21, 21-12, 21-11; Bodhit Joshi (Utr) bt Siddharth Pratap Singh (Chg) 21-13, 13-21, 21-17; Mithun M (AI) bt Kartikey Gulshan Kumar (AI) 21-13, 21-16; Lakshya Sen (Utr) bt Kiran George (Ker) 21-17, 21-13.<br /><br />Doubles: Semifinal: Swarnaraj Bora (Asm)/Kaustubh Rawat (Utr) bt Chandra Kumar/Brijesh Yadav (UP) 21-19, 18-21, 21-17; Bodhit Joshi (Utr)/Mithun M (AI) bt Qadeer Moinuddin Mohammed/Vishnuvardhan Goud (Tel) 20-22, 21-8, 21-13.<br /><br />Quarterfinal: Chandra Kumar/Brijesh Yadav (UP) bt Kartik Jindal/Hardik Makkar (Har) 21-19, 21-19; Swarnaraj Bora (Asm)/Kaustubh Rawat (Utr) bt Sai Pavan Karri (AP)/Sri Krishna Sai Kumar Podile (Tel) 21-12, 21-14; Qadeer Moinuddin Mohammed/Vishnuvardhan Goud (Tel) bt Lalit Dahiya/Rohan Parashar (Har) 21-12, 15-21, 21-18; Bodhit Joshi (Utr)/Mithun M (AI) bt Gouse Shaik/Basheer Syed (AP) 21-16, 21-14.<br />Under-17: Singles: Quarterfinal: Kartikey Gulshan Kumar (AI) bt Mohit Goury (Har) 21-12, 23-21; Kiran George (Ker) bt Abhyansh Singh (UP) 18-21, 21-13, 21-12; <br /><br />Rahul Bhardhvaj BM (Kar) bt Orijit Chaliha (AI) 8-12 (retd); Jagadeesh K (AP) bt Monimugdha Rajkonwar (Asm) 21-12, 21-16.<br /><br />Doubles: Semifinal: Manjit Singh Khwairakpam/Dinnku Sing Konthouiam (Man) bt Aman Raikwar/Yash Raikwar (MP) 21-13, 13-21, 21-17; Qadeer Moinuddin Mohammed/P Vishnuvardhan Goud (Tel) bt Varaprasad Kanakala (AP)/Dhruv Rawat (Utr) 21-13, 13-21, 21-19.<br /><br />Quarterfinal: Manjit Singh Khwairakpam/Dinnku Sing Konthouiam (Man) bt Siddhant Salar/Abhyansh Singh (UP) 21-19, 21-18; Aman Raikwar/Yash Raikwar (MP) bt Bidyasagar Salam/Punshiba Yengkhom (Man) 23-21, 21-18; Varaprasad Kanakala (AP)/Dhruv Rawat (Utr) bt Shubham Patel/Denis Shrivastava (Raj) 21-19, 21-9; Qadeer Moinuddin Mohammed/P Vishnuvardhan Goud (Tel) bt Navaneeth Bakka (Tel)/Farhaz Hussain Syed (Asm) 21-18, 21-17.<br /><br />Girls: Under-19: Singles: Semifinal: Aakarshi Kashyap (Chg) bt Shikha Gautam (Kar) 24-22, 21-16; Shriyanshi Pardeshi (MP) bt Vrushali G (Tel) 21-17, 21-16.<br /><br />Quarterfinal: Shikha Gautam (Kar) bt Archana Pai (Kar) 21-11, 21-13; Aakarshi Kashyap (Chg) bt Tanishq M (AP) 21-13, 21-10; Shriyanshi Pardeshi (MP) bt Anura Prabhudesai (AI) 21-12, 15-21, 21-14; Vrushali G (Tel) bt Prashi Joshi (AI) 21-13, 12-8 (retd).<br /><br />Doubles: Semifinal: Mahima Aggarwal/Shikha Gautam (Kar) bt Riya Mookerjee (UP)/Anura Prabhudesai (AI) 21-13, 21-12; K Ashwini Bhat/Mithula UK (Kar) bt Apeksha Nayak/Archana Pai (Kar) 21-16, 21-11.<br /><br /> Quarterfinal: Mahima Aggarwal/Shikha Gautam (Kar) bt Anugraha/Reza Farhath (Ker) 21-14, 21-18; Riya Mookerjee (UP)/Anura Prabhudesai (AI) bt Kavya Gandhi (UP)/Khushboo Kumar (Del) 21-17, 21-14; Apeksha Nayak/Archana Pai (Kar) bt Aswini Gandhimathi/Varshini VS (TN) (w/o); K Ashwini Bhat/Mithula UK (Kar) bt Shivani Pathi (Kar)/Saumya Singh (UP) 21-16, 21-9.<br /><br />Under-17: Singles: Semifinal: Purva Barve (Mah) bt Prashi Joshi (AI) 21-17, 18-21, 21-12; Aakarshi Kashyap (Chg) bt Rashi Lambe (Mah) 21-10, 2-0 (retd). <br /><br />Quarterfnal: Prashi Joshi (AI) bt Malvika Bansod (Mah) 15-21, 21-19, 21-18; Purva Barve (Mah) bt K Ashwini Bhat (Kar) 19-21, 21-12, 22-20; Rashi Lambe (Mah) bt Sheethal D (Kar) 21-17, 21-16; Aakarshi Kashyap (Chg) bt Ananya Goel (Del) 21-19, 21-11.<br /><br />Doubles: Semifinal: K Ashwini Bhat/Mithula UK (Kar) bt Simran Singhi/Ritika Thaker (Mah) 21-14, 21-18; Keyura Mopati (Tel)/Kavipriya S (Pud) bt Durva Gupta/Khushi Gupta (Del) 21-18, 21-16.<br /><br />Quarterfinal: K Ashwini Bhat/Mithula UK (Kar) bt Trisha Hegde/Drithi Yatheesh (Kar) 21-12, 7-0 (retd); Simran Singhi/Ritika Thaker (Mah) bt Samiya Imad Farooqui/Gayatri Gopichand Pullela (Tel) 13-21, 24-22, 21-17; Keyura Mopati (Tel)/Kavipriya S (Pud) bt Srishti Jupudi/Preethi K (Tel) 18-21, 21-7, 21-19; Durva Gupta/Khushi Gupta (Del) bt Unnati Bisht (Utr)/Aakarshi Kashyap (Chg) 21-19, 14-21, 21-19.<br /><br />Mixed doubles: Under-19: Semifinal: Balraj Kajla/Mithula UK (Kar) bt Brijesh Yadav/Riya Mookerjee (UP) 21-13, 16-21, 21-10; Chandra Kumar (UP)/Sonika Sai P (AI) bt Tushar Sharma/Tapaswini Samantroy (UP) 15-21, 23-21, 21-15.<br /><br />Quarterfinal: Brijesh Yadav/Riya Mookerjee (UP) bt Bhardwaj Anant Sharma/Khushboo Kumar (Del) 21-7, 21-10; Balraj Kajla/Mithula UK (Kar) bt Lalit Dahiya (Har)/Diksha Choudhary (Chg) 21-10, 21-17; Tushar Sharma/Tapaswini Samantroy (UP) bt Wahid Thakiyudeen/Anugraha (Ker) 8-21, 21-8, 21-17; Chandra Kumar (UP)/Sonika Sai P (AI) bt Sanjai Srivatsa D (Pud)/Apeksha Nayak (Kar) 21-17, 21-9. <br /></p>
<p> On a day of upsets, top seeds in girls under-17 and under-19 categories, Prashi Joshi and Shikha Gautam, were ousted in the 15th All-India junior ranking badminton tournament at the Karnataka Badminton Association here on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Karnataka’s Shikha, who started favourite in her tie against Aakarshi Kashyap, was brought crashing down as she struggled to get into her stride and went down 20-22, 16-21.<br /><br />A host of unforced errors coupled with fatigue got the better of Shikha as her unseeded opponent from Chandigarh played a measured game to stroll into the girls’ under-19 final.<br /><br />In the girls’ under-17 semifinal, Air India’s Prashi, seeded number one, fell to third seeded Purva Barva 17-21, 21-18, 12-21. Prashi was chasing the game right from the start as Purva found a perfect blend of drop shots and smashes to ruffle the top seed. <br /><br />In the under-19 girls’ doubles, it will be an all-Karntaka final on Sunday with Mahima Agarwal and Shikha taking on pairing of Ashwini Bhat and Mithula UK.<br /><br />Mahima and Shikha beat Riya Mookerjee and Anura Prabhudesai 21-13, 21-12 while Ashwini and Mithula downed state-mates Apeksha Nayak and Archana Pai 21-16, 21-11.<br />Results: Boys: Under-19: Singles: Quarterfinals: Chirag Sen (AI) bt Aryamann Tandon (Guj) 18-21, 21-12, 21-11; Bodhit Joshi (Utr) bt Siddharth Pratap Singh (Chg) 21-13, 13-21, 21-17; Mithun M (AI) bt Kartikey Gulshan Kumar (AI) 21-13, 21-16; Lakshya Sen (Utr) bt Kiran George (Ker) 21-17, 21-13.<br /><br />Doubles: Semifinal: Swarnaraj Bora (Asm)/Kaustubh Rawat (Utr) bt Chandra Kumar/Brijesh Yadav (UP) 21-19, 18-21, 21-17; Bodhit Joshi (Utr)/Mithun M (AI) bt Qadeer Moinuddin Mohammed/Vishnuvardhan Goud (Tel) 20-22, 21-8, 21-13.<br /><br />Quarterfinal: Chandra Kumar/Brijesh Yadav (UP) bt Kartik Jindal/Hardik Makkar (Har) 21-19, 21-19; Swarnaraj Bora (Asm)/Kaustubh Rawat (Utr) bt Sai Pavan Karri (AP)/Sri Krishna Sai Kumar Podile (Tel) 21-12, 21-14; Qadeer Moinuddin Mohammed/Vishnuvardhan Goud (Tel) bt Lalit Dahiya/Rohan Parashar (Har) 21-12, 15-21, 21-18; Bodhit Joshi (Utr)/Mithun M (AI) bt Gouse Shaik/Basheer Syed (AP) 21-16, 21-14.<br />Under-17: Singles: Quarterfinal: Kartikey Gulshan Kumar (AI) bt Mohit Goury (Har) 21-12, 23-21; Kiran George (Ker) bt Abhyansh Singh (UP) 18-21, 21-13, 21-12; <br /><br />Rahul Bhardhvaj BM (Kar) bt Orijit Chaliha (AI) 8-12 (retd); Jagadeesh K (AP) bt Monimugdha Rajkonwar (Asm) 21-12, 21-16.<br /><br />Doubles: Semifinal: Manjit Singh Khwairakpam/Dinnku Sing Konthouiam (Man) bt Aman Raikwar/Yash Raikwar (MP) 21-13, 13-21, 21-17; Qadeer Moinuddin Mohammed/P Vishnuvardhan Goud (Tel) bt Varaprasad Kanakala (AP)/Dhruv Rawat (Utr) 21-13, 13-21, 21-19.<br /><br />Quarterfinal: Manjit Singh Khwairakpam/Dinnku Sing Konthouiam (Man) bt Siddhant Salar/Abhyansh Singh (UP) 21-19, 21-18; Aman Raikwar/Yash Raikwar (MP) bt Bidyasagar Salam/Punshiba Yengkhom (Man) 23-21, 21-18; Varaprasad Kanakala (AP)/Dhruv Rawat (Utr) bt Shubham Patel/Denis Shrivastava (Raj) 21-19, 21-9; Qadeer Moinuddin Mohammed/P Vishnuvardhan Goud (Tel) bt Navaneeth Bakka (Tel)/Farhaz Hussain Syed (Asm) 21-18, 21-17.<br /><br />Girls: Under-19: Singles: Semifinal: Aakarshi Kashyap (Chg) bt Shikha Gautam (Kar) 24-22, 21-16; Shriyanshi Pardeshi (MP) bt Vrushali G (Tel) 21-17, 21-16.<br /><br />Quarterfinal: Shikha Gautam (Kar) bt Archana Pai (Kar) 21-11, 21-13; Aakarshi Kashyap (Chg) bt Tanishq M (AP) 21-13, 21-10; Shriyanshi Pardeshi (MP) bt Anura Prabhudesai (AI) 21-12, 15-21, 21-14; Vrushali G (Tel) bt Prashi Joshi (AI) 21-13, 12-8 (retd).<br /><br />Doubles: Semifinal: Mahima Aggarwal/Shikha Gautam (Kar) bt Riya Mookerjee (UP)/Anura Prabhudesai (AI) 21-13, 21-12; K Ashwini Bhat/Mithula UK (Kar) bt Apeksha Nayak/Archana Pai (Kar) 21-16, 21-11.<br /><br /> Quarterfinal: Mahima Aggarwal/Shikha Gautam (Kar) bt Anugraha/Reza Farhath (Ker) 21-14, 21-18; Riya Mookerjee (UP)/Anura Prabhudesai (AI) bt Kavya Gandhi (UP)/Khushboo Kumar (Del) 21-17, 21-14; Apeksha Nayak/Archana Pai (Kar) bt Aswini Gandhimathi/Varshini VS (TN) (w/o); K Ashwini Bhat/Mithula UK (Kar) bt Shivani Pathi (Kar)/Saumya Singh (UP) 21-16, 21-9.<br /><br />Under-17: Singles: Semifinal: Purva Barve (Mah) bt Prashi Joshi (AI) 21-17, 18-21, 21-12; Aakarshi Kashyap (Chg) bt Rashi Lambe (Mah) 21-10, 2-0 (retd). <br /><br />Quarterfnal: Prashi Joshi (AI) bt Malvika Bansod (Mah) 15-21, 21-19, 21-18; Purva Barve (Mah) bt K Ashwini Bhat (Kar) 19-21, 21-12, 22-20; Rashi Lambe (Mah) bt Sheethal D (Kar) 21-17, 21-16; Aakarshi Kashyap (Chg) bt Ananya Goel (Del) 21-19, 21-11.<br /><br />Doubles: Semifinal: K Ashwini Bhat/Mithula UK (Kar) bt Simran Singhi/Ritika Thaker (Mah) 21-14, 21-18; Keyura Mopati (Tel)/Kavipriya S (Pud) bt Durva Gupta/Khushi Gupta (Del) 21-18, 21-16.<br /><br />Quarterfinal: K Ashwini Bhat/Mithula UK (Kar) bt Trisha Hegde/Drithi Yatheesh (Kar) 21-12, 7-0 (retd); Simran Singhi/Ritika Thaker (Mah) bt Samiya Imad Farooqui/Gayatri Gopichand Pullela (Tel) 13-21, 24-22, 21-17; Keyura Mopati (Tel)/Kavipriya S (Pud) bt Srishti Jupudi/Preethi K (Tel) 18-21, 21-7, 21-19; Durva Gupta/Khushi Gupta (Del) bt Unnati Bisht (Utr)/Aakarshi Kashyap (Chg) 21-19, 14-21, 21-19.<br /><br />Mixed doubles: Under-19: Semifinal: Balraj Kajla/Mithula UK (Kar) bt Brijesh Yadav/Riya Mookerjee (UP) 21-13, 16-21, 21-10; Chandra Kumar (UP)/Sonika Sai P (AI) bt Tushar Sharma/Tapaswini Samantroy (UP) 15-21, 23-21, 21-15.<br /><br />Quarterfinal: Brijesh Yadav/Riya Mookerjee (UP) bt Bhardwaj Anant Sharma/Khushboo Kumar (Del) 21-7, 21-10; Balraj Kajla/Mithula UK (Kar) bt Lalit Dahiya (Har)/Diksha Choudhary (Chg) 21-10, 21-17; Tushar Sharma/Tapaswini Samantroy (UP) bt Wahid Thakiyudeen/Anugraha (Ker) 8-21, 21-8, 21-17; Chandra Kumar (UP)/Sonika Sai P (AI) bt Sanjai Srivatsa D (Pud)/Apeksha Nayak (Kar) 21-17, 21-9. <br /></p>