JOIN USKarnataka entered the final in the mixed team event of the 41st Inter-state-Inter Zonal Junior Badminton Championship here on Sunday.
The hosts rallied to edge Maharashtra 3-2 in the semifinals. Karnataka will face Air India –– who beat Andhra Pradesh 3-1 in the other last four tie –– in the summit round.
Earlier in the quarterfinals, Karnataka got the better of West Bengal 3-1 while Andhra Pradesh had beaten Delhi 3-0.
Results: Semifinals: Air India bt Andhra Pradesh 3-1 (Mithun M bt Jaswanth D 21-13, 23-21; Prashi Joshi bt Akshita A 21-10, 21-7; Dhruv Kapila/Mithun M lt to Akshita A/Preethi K 21-15, 21-23, 13-21; Prashi Joshi bt Sonika Sai P Akshita A/Preethi K 21-14, 21-10.
Karnataka bt Maharashtra 3-2 (Balraj Kajla bt Arya Bhivpathaki 21-10, 21-9; Shikha Gautam lt to Vaidehi Choudhari 21-16, 12-21, 8-21; Saif Ali A/Raghu M lt to Sourabh M Kerhalkar/Deep Rambhiya 13-21, 22-24; Ashwini Bhat K/Mithula U K bt Simran Singhi/Ritika Thaker 18-21, 21-18, 22-20; Balraj Kajla/Mithula U K bt Rashi Lambe 15-21, 21-14, 21-12.
Quarterfinals: Andhra Pradesh bt Delhi 3-0 (Jaswanth D bt Swaranaraj Bora 21-16, 17-21, 21-16; Tanishq M bt Ananya Goel 21-14, 21-17; Gouse Shaik/Bahseer Syed bt Swarnaraj Bora/Kaustubh Rawat 21-19, 18-21, 21-14.
Karnataka bt West Bengal: 3-1 (Balraj Kajla lt to Arintap Dasgupta 16-21, 16-21; Shikha Gautam bt Uthsava Palit 21-19, 21-16; Saif Ali A/Raghu M 21-16, 21-17; Ashwini Bhat K/Mithula U K 21-13, 21-8).
Maharashtra bt Assam 3-1 (Arya Bhivathaki bt Iman Sonowal 21-12, 19-21, 21-15; Rashi Lambe lt to Ashmita Chaliha 21-11, 15-21, 21-23; Sourabh Kerhalkar/Deep Rambhiya bt Rajshekar Das/Pragyan Jyoti Gogoi 21-14, 21-11; Simran Singhi/Ritika Thaker bt Maini Boruah bt Ritika Thaker 21-12, 21-6).