Sai to take on Sameer in final

Andhra Pradesh’s Sai beat team-mate Vijetha NVS 21-16, 21-16 and Sameer of Madhya Pradesh eased out another AP lad Rohit Yadav 21-15, 21-16 in the semifinals on Tuesday.

It was a disappointing day for State shuttlers as none of the players entered singles final.

Results: Boys: Under-19, semifinals: 1-Sai Praneeth B (AP) bt 6-Vijetha NVS (AP) 21-16, 21-16; 3-Sameer Verma (MP) bt 5-Rohit Yadav C (AP) 21-15, 21-16.

Quarterfinals: Sai Praneeth B bt Pratul  Joshi (MP) 21-11, 21-16; Vijetha NVS bt Nikhilesh Sarma (Asm) 21-3, 21-15; Sameer Verma bt Saarang Lakhanee (Mah) 21-13, 22-20; Rohit Yadav C bt Srikanth K (AP) 21-13, 15-21, 21-16.

Doubles: Pranav Chopra/Sai Praneeth B (AP) bt 3-Hemanagendra Babu T/ Srikanth K (AP) 19-21, 21-12, 21-16.

Under-16, semifinals: 1-Arun George (Ker) bt 8-Harsheel Dani (Mah) 21-19, 22-20; 5-Arshalan Naqvi (UP) bt 3-Sudhanshu Medsikar (Mah) 17-21, 21-17, 21-17.

Quarterfinals: Arun George bt Chaitanya KP (AP) 21-14, 21-19; Sudhanshu Medsikar bt Aditya Joshi (MP) 25-23, 21-15; Harsheel Dani bt Shreyansh Jaiswal (CG) 21-11, 20-22, 21-16; Arshalan Naqvi bt M Sai Tanuj (AP) 21-12, 26-24.

Doubles, semifinals: Arun George/ Santosh Ravuri bt 3-Laa Talar (Aru)/ M Sai Tanuj (AP) 21-17, 21-19; Aditya Joshi/ Harsheel Dani bt 2-Chaitanya KP/ Chaitanya Reddy K (AP) 28-26, 21-19.

Quarterfinals: Laa Talar/M Sai Tanuj bt Arjun MR (Ker)/ Chirag Shetty (Mah) 21-6, 21-13; Aditya Joshi/ Harsheel Dani bt Shlokh Ramachandran/ Shyam Prasad 21-14, 21-15; Arun George/Santosh Ravuri bt Sudhanshu Medsikar/ Sushrut Karmarkar (Mah) 21-16, 21-16; Chaitanya KP/ Chaitanya Reddy K bt Akhilesh Kumar G/ Subhan Ali S 21-7, 21-19.

Under-13, semifinals: 1-Chirag Sen (Utr) bt 3-Siril Varma ASS (AP) 21-15, 21-10; 2-C Rahul Yadav (AP) bt 5-Bodhit Joshi (Utr) 21-12, 21-15.

Quarterfinals: Chirag Sen bt Anirudh Shankar A (AP) 21-11, 21-11; Siril Varma ASS bt Kanishq M (AP) 21-13, 21-16; Bodhit Joshi bt Chandra Kumar D (AP) 21-16, 17-21, 21-17; C Rahul Yadav bt Mithun Manjunath (Kar) 12-21, 21-10, 21-10.

Doubles, semifinals: 1-C Rahul Yadav (AP)/Chirag Sen (Utr) bt 4-Chandra Kumar D/ Sai Kishore T (AP) 21-17, 21-18; 2-Kanishq M/ Siril Varma ASS (AP) bt 3-Bodhit Joshi/Lakshya Sen (Utr) 18-21, 21-14, 21-15.

Girls: Under-19: 4-Tanvi Lad (Mah) bt 5-Sanyogita Ghorpade (Mah) 15-21, 21-6, 21-14; 2-Daya Elsa Jacob (Ker) bt Sara Naqvi (UP) 21-12, 21-12.

Quarterfinals: Sanyogita Ghorpade bt Nidhi Tiwari (Del) 21-17, 21-12; Tanvi Lad bt Ruthvika Shivani G (AP) 21-15, 21-12; Sara Naqvi bt Jacqueline Rose Kunnath (Kar) 21-11, 24-22; Daya Elsa Jacob bt Sudha Kalyani D (AP) 21-10, 17-21, 21-11.

Under-16, semifinals: 2-Maneesha K (AP) bt 4-Sara Naqvi (UP) 8-21, 22-20, 21-17; 8-Ruthvika Shivani G (AP) bt 3-Sudha Kalyani D (AP) 21-6, 21-12.

Quarterfinals: Ruthvika Shivani G bt Rituparna Das (WB) 21-18, 21-15; Sudha Kalyani D bt Poorvisha S Ram (Kar) 9-9 (retd); Sara bt Meghana J (AP) 21-6 (retd); Maneesha K bt Reshma Karthik (Kar) 21-9, 21-19.

Under-13, semifinals: 1-V Harika (AP) bt Mahima Aggarwal (Kar) 21-18, 21-13; 8-Shikha Gautam (Mah) bt 2-R Santoshi Hasini (AP) 21-13, 21-15

Quarterfinals: V Harika bt Sreya P (AP) 21-12, 21-14; Shikha Gautam bt Krishaeli Mehta (Mah) 21-11, 21-12; Mahima Aggarwal bt Shreyansi Pardesi (MP) 21-16, 21-18; R Santoshi Hasini bt Kuhoo Garg (Utr) 21-18, 21-13.

Doubles, semifinals: 1-Kuhoo Garg (Utr)/ V Harika (AP) bt 4-Ashwini Bhat K (Kar)/ Kanika Kanwal (Del) 21-16, 21-9; Mahima Aggarwal/ Vrushali G  bt P Sonika Sai/ R Santoshi Hasini (AP) 21-13, 21-17.