<p>Top seed Daniel Farid and Drithi Yatheesh, both from Karnataka, recorded contrasting wins to enter the semifinals in the boys’ and girls’ categories respectively in the All India Senior National-ranking badminton tournament at the Karnataka Badminton Association here on Friday.<br /><br />Farid made short work of fifth seed Ansal Yadav of Uttar Pradesh 21-19, 21-17 in the boys’ quarterfinals while Drithi caused an upset, beating seventh seed Riya Mookerjee of UP 9-21, 21-19, 21-14 in a hard-fought last-eight encounter.<br /><br />Fourth seed Harshit Aggarwal of Air India also progressed to last-four of the men’s singles with a 21-18, 15-21, 21-14 win over Kartik Jindal of Haryana.<br /><br />Meanwhile, sixth seed Neha Pandit defeated ninth seed Vaishnavi Bhale 20-22, 21-8, 21-15 to book her last-four berth in the women’s singles.<br /><br />Results: Men: singles, quarterfinals: 1-Daniel Farid S bt 5-Ansal Yadav 21-19, 21-17; Kiran George bt Nikhilshyam Sriram 21-15, 25-23; 4-Harshit Aggarwal bt Kartik Jindal 21-18, 15-21, 21-14; Siddharth Pratap Singh bt 6-Rohit Yadav C 21-8, 21-14.<br /><br />Women: singles, quarterfinals: 6-Neha Pandit bt 9-Vaishnavi Bhale 20-22, 21-8, 21-15; Drithi Yatheesh bt 7-Riya Mookerjee 9-21, 21-19, 21-14; 16-Vrushali G bt Rashi Lambe 21-8, 21-5; 2-Anura Prabhudesai bt 5-Shruti Mundada 21-16, 21-17.<br /><br />Doubles, quarterfinals: 1-Agna Anto/ Sneha Santhilal bt 5-Vaishnavi Bhale/ Riya Pillai 21-11, 21-18; Sruthi KP/ Purnima Devi N bt Megha Bora Morchana/ Sanghmitra Saikia 21-9, 21-9; 2-Kuhoo Garg/ Ningshi Block Hazarika bt 8-Ramya Tulasi BV/ Varsha Belawadi 21-2, 21-15.<br /><br />Mixed doubles: quarter: 6-Sunjith S/ Sruthi KP bt 1-Saurabh Sharma/ Anoushka Parikh 21-18, 21-15; Nanda Gopal K/ Mahima Aggarwal bt Nihar Kelkar/ Vaishnavi Bhale 21-13, 21-17; 4-Balasubrahmanniyan NG/ Agna Anto bt 5-Mohit Tiwari/ Saruni Sharma 21-18, 21-16; Shlok Ramchandran/ Arundhati Pantawane bt 2-Venket Gaurav Prasad/ Juhi D 21-18, 13-21, 21-13.</p>
<p>Top seed Daniel Farid and Drithi Yatheesh, both from Karnataka, recorded contrasting wins to enter the semifinals in the boys’ and girls’ categories respectively in the All India Senior National-ranking badminton tournament at the Karnataka Badminton Association here on Friday.<br /><br />Farid made short work of fifth seed Ansal Yadav of Uttar Pradesh 21-19, 21-17 in the boys’ quarterfinals while Drithi caused an upset, beating seventh seed Riya Mookerjee of UP 9-21, 21-19, 21-14 in a hard-fought last-eight encounter.<br /><br />Fourth seed Harshit Aggarwal of Air India also progressed to last-four of the men’s singles with a 21-18, 15-21, 21-14 win over Kartik Jindal of Haryana.<br /><br />Meanwhile, sixth seed Neha Pandit defeated ninth seed Vaishnavi Bhale 20-22, 21-8, 21-15 to book her last-four berth in the women’s singles.<br /><br />Results: Men: singles, quarterfinals: 1-Daniel Farid S bt 5-Ansal Yadav 21-19, 21-17; Kiran George bt Nikhilshyam Sriram 21-15, 25-23; 4-Harshit Aggarwal bt Kartik Jindal 21-18, 15-21, 21-14; Siddharth Pratap Singh bt 6-Rohit Yadav C 21-8, 21-14.<br /><br />Women: singles, quarterfinals: 6-Neha Pandit bt 9-Vaishnavi Bhale 20-22, 21-8, 21-15; Drithi Yatheesh bt 7-Riya Mookerjee 9-21, 21-19, 21-14; 16-Vrushali G bt Rashi Lambe 21-8, 21-5; 2-Anura Prabhudesai bt 5-Shruti Mundada 21-16, 21-17.<br /><br />Doubles, quarterfinals: 1-Agna Anto/ Sneha Santhilal bt 5-Vaishnavi Bhale/ Riya Pillai 21-11, 21-18; Sruthi KP/ Purnima Devi N bt Megha Bora Morchana/ Sanghmitra Saikia 21-9, 21-9; 2-Kuhoo Garg/ Ningshi Block Hazarika bt 8-Ramya Tulasi BV/ Varsha Belawadi 21-2, 21-15.<br /><br />Mixed doubles: quarter: 6-Sunjith S/ Sruthi KP bt 1-Saurabh Sharma/ Anoushka Parikh 21-18, 21-15; Nanda Gopal K/ Mahima Aggarwal bt Nihar Kelkar/ Vaishnavi Bhale 21-13, 21-17; 4-Balasubrahmanniyan NG/ Agna Anto bt 5-Mohit Tiwari/ Saruni Sharma 21-18, 21-16; Shlok Ramchandran/ Arundhati Pantawane bt 2-Venket Gaurav Prasad/ Juhi D 21-18, 13-21, 21-13.</p>
