Saha, Anita storm into finals in Chipalkatti badminton competition

Pune, July 18 (UNI) Unseeded Ratikanta Saha of West Bengal came back from behind to pip seventh seed P Vinay Kumar Reddy of Andhra Pradesh 17-21, 21-14, 21-11 today and set up a title clash against R M V Guru Sai Dutt of Andhra Pradesh in the junior boys singles of the Kirloskar Brothers sponsored Sushant Chipalkatti memorial All India Junior Badminton championship being played at the Western India Enterprise complex here.

In the other lacklustre semi-final, the unseeded Hyderabad lad, Dutt swept aside sixth seeded Samruddha Rathod of Maharashtra in straight games 21-14, 21-10 under 30 minutes.

The corresponding junior girls saw the third seed Anita Ohlan of railways made the short shrift of second seeded rival G M Nishchita of Karnataka in straight games 21-18, 21-14 and will lock horns with Sonal More of Maharashtra in the finals slated for tomorrow. In the other tame semi-final unseeded More whipped yet another unseeded Monish Vinayak of Karnataka with a degree of comfort 21-11, 21-14.

Fourth seeded Praful Joshi of Madhya Pradesh shocked the top seed statemate Sameer Verma in a pulsating tussle 21-18, 22-20 to clash against B Mahendra of Andhra Pradesh in the mini boys singles finals.

In the other semi-final, Mahendra had to wage a tough battle before downing C R Jyoti of Karnataka in a tight match 19-21 21-16, 21-17.

The sub-junior boys singles also witnessed an upset, as fourth seeded Pratik Patel beat the top seeded Abhimanyu Singh of Madhya Pradesh in straight games 21-19, 21-17. Patel will clash against Saurabh Verma of Madhya Pradesh. Verma, second seeded in the tournament, disposed off N Prashant of Andhra Pradesh comfortably at 21-16, 21-16.

Following are the results:(All Semi-finals) Mini Boys Singles: Praful Joshi (MP) beat Sameer Verma (MP) 21-18, 22-20, B Mahendra (AP) beat C R Jyoti (Ktk) 19-21,21-16, 21-17.

Mini Girls Singles: Gauri Ghate (Mah) beat Sheshadri Sanyal (WB) 21-17, 21-17.

Daya Elsa Jacob (Ker) beat Vijeta Bhagwa (MP) 14-21, 21-18, 21-13.

Sub-Junior Boys Singles: Pratik Patel (Guj) beat Abhimanyu Singh (MP) 21-19, 21-17 Saurabh Verma (MP) beat N Prashant (AP) 21-16, 21-16.

Sub-Junior Girls Singles: Pradniya Gadre (Mah) beat I R D Saravani (AP) 21-13,21-10.

N Siki Reddy (AP) beat Vinita Ghate (Mah) 21-10,21-18.

Junior Boys Singles: R M V Guru Sai Dutt (AP) beat Samruddha Rathod (Mah) 21-14,21-10 Ratikanta Saha (WB) beat P Vinay Kumar Reddy (AP) 17-21,21-14,21-11.

Junior Girls Singles: Anita Ohlan (Rly) beat G M Nischita (Ktk) 21-18, 21-14.

Sonal More (Mah) beat Monish Vinayak (Ktk) 21-11, 21-14.

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