Raghu packs off top seed Hemanth

It was a day of upsets as top seeds in the men’s and women’s singles crashed out of the Ille Mane Byrathi Subbanna Memorial state-ranking badminton tournament here.

In the men’s semifinal, third seed Raghu M defeated top seed Hemanth MG 21-12, 21-19 victory. Raghu will face Nikhilshyam Sriram in the final after the latter beat Ganesh Vittalji Kokani 21-14, 21-13 in the other semifinal.

Deethi Ramesh, seeded three, toppled Ruth Misha, number one, 21-18, 21-8 to progress to the finals of the women’s singles.

In the summit clash, she will take on Shivani Pathi, who beat Savita RN 22-20, 21-12, in the other semifinal.

Results (all semifinals): Men’s singles: 3-Raghu M bt 1-Hemanth MG 21-12, 21-19; Nikhilshyam  Sriram bt Ganesh Vittalji Kokani 21-14, 21-13.

Doubles: 1-Prakash Raj S/Vaibhav bt 3-Kushal Raj S/Madhusudan M 21-19, 21-18; 4-Kiran Kumar G/Vasantha Kumar HR bt 2-Jagdish Yadav/Venkatesh Prasad S 21-17, 22-20.

Women’s singles: 3-Deepthi Ramesh bt 1-Ruth Misha V 21-18, 21-8; Shivani Pathi bt Savita RN 22-20, 21-12.

Doubles: 1-Nischitha GM/ Varsha  Belawadi bt Divya A/ Vidisha Reddy A 21-14, 21-6; 2-Deepa GA/ Sangeetha Mari bt Anusha GM/ Monisha KT 21-10, 21-10.

Mixed doubles: 1-Vaibhav/ Nischitha GM bt Abhinand Shetty/ Sangeetha Mari 21-16, 13-21, 21-17; Prakash Raj S/ Varsha Belawadi bt 2-Kiran Kumar G/ Bhavya Krishnan 21-6, 19-21, 21-8.