JOIN USMahima Aggarwal and Shikha Gautam registered contrasting victories in their respective semifinal matches to set up a final showdown in the women’s singles section of the Karnataka State Senior badminton championship here on Wednesday.
Fourth-seeded Mahima was pushed hard by the unseeded Mithula UK before the former prevailed 21-12, 18-21, 21-11. In the other last-four clash, Shikha ended the good run of the unseeded Archana Pai as she cruised to a 21-14, 21-1 victory.
Results: Men: Quarterfinals: Singles: Abhishek Yelligar bt Balraj Kajla 21-14, 21-19; Harshit Aggarwal bt Sahil Sipani 21-15, 21-16; Sachin C bt Rameswar Mahapatra 21-15, 21-15; Daniel S Farid bt Vasantha Kumar HR 21-11, 21-6.Boys: U-19: Quarterfinals: Singles: Balraj Kajla bt Anirudh S Deshpande 21-18, 22-20; Sahil Sipani bt Abilash B 21-12, 21-10; Farid bt Raghu M 21-11, 21-7; Nikhilshyam Sriram bt Glanish Ashley Pinto 21-16, 17-21, 21-19.
Doubles: Semifinals: Likhith A Gowda/Sahil Sipani bt Abilash B/Rahul B Prasad 21-16, 11-21, 21-18; Akashraj Murthy/Raghu bt Anirudh S Deshpande/Balraj 21-18, 25-23.
Women: Semifinals: Singles: Mahima Aggarwal bt Mithula UK 21-12, 18-21, 21-11; Shikha Gautam bt Archana Pai 21-14, 21-1.
Doubles: Nischita GM/Varsha Belawadi bt Ruth Misha V/Sangeetha Mari 27-25, 21-15; Mahima/Shikha bt Divya A/Prathiksha Prakash 21-12, 21-6.Girls: Quarterfinals: Singles: Deepthi Ramesh bt Chaitanya Bhat P 21-6, 9-1 retired hurt; Shikha bt Apeksha Nayak 21-8, 21-10; Archana bt Mithula 21-18, 21-9; Mahima bt Sarayu Vyakaranam 21-8, 21-7.
Mixed doubles: Quarterfinals: Vaibhav/Ruth Misha V bt Nikhil /Divya A 21-18, 21-17.
Veterans: Jayaram bt Murthy P 21-8, 21-12; Supriya bt Mohta LK 21-7, 21-8; Ravi Kumar bt Harisha AT 21-10, 21-12; Deepak Suman bt Nanda Ramesh 23-21, 21-12.