Kotian shocks Nandrajog

In contrast,India No. 2 Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu sailed through with a straight-sets win over CCI-Western India semi-finalist Karan Malik.

It was a day of upsets and close encounters as Akanksha Salunkhe of Goa continued her winning spree with a sensational 11-4,11-6,11-7 win over second seed Jui Kalgutkar of Bombay Gymkhana to advance to the girls under-15 semi-finals. Salunkhe later entered the under-13 semi-finals to complete a fruitful day.

Another top junior from Goa Yash Fadte also registered a thrilling 6-11,11-4,11-13,11-7,11-7 win over formidable Shlok Makhija after enduring a gruelling third set and trailing 1-2,to enter the boys’ under-11 semi-finals.

The talent from Tamil Nadu also came to the fore as Adithya Raghavan,S Velavan,Sandeep Ramachandran,Mayuri N,Ashita Bhengra and Neharika Balamurgan progressed to the semi-finals in their respective categories.

Results (All Quarter-finals):

Doubles: Vikas Jangra/Sandeep Jangra (Services) bt Gopi Mohite/Devdas Tambe (Bombay Gym) 11-6,11-7; Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu/Ravi Dixit (TN) bt Saumya Karki/ Deerav Moolani 11-1,11-4. Women: Aishwarya Kulkarni bt Varsha Pandey 11-0,12-10,11-9; Urvashi Joshi (Jindal) bt Simar Singh 11-0,11-4,11-3. Men: Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (TN) bt Karan Malik 11-9,11-3,11-3; Vrishabh Kotian (TN) bt Gaurav Nandrajog (Delhi) 11-6,11-8,4-11,11-9. Under-9: Yash Salunke (Goa) bt Vivaan Shah 11-1,11-0,11-3; Tanay Punjabi bt Arjun Chougale 11-6,11-1,11-0; Neel Joshi (Otters Club) bt Arman Darukhanwala 11-6,11-3,11-6; Megha Bhatia bt Siddhanth Sinha 11-6,11-1,11-6. Boys U-11: Neel Joshi (Otters Club) bt Sahanay Sanghvi 11-7,12-14,11-6,11-7; Advait Adik (Otters Club) bt Jash Chheda (Matunga Gym) 11-9,11-4,11-6; Yash Fadte (Goa) bt Shlok Makhija 6-11,11-4,11-13,11-7,11-7; Tushar Shahani bt Ahaan Nalavadi 11-4,11-2,11-4. Boys U-13: Siddhant Iyer (Jindal) bt Rahil Peris (Goa) 11-6,11-7,11-9; Dev Vazirani (Khar Gym) bt Ansh hetty 11-4,11-3,11-8; Adithya Raghavan (TN) bt Rutvik Rau 11-4,11-3,11-7; Aryan Parekh (Matunga Gym) bt Rahul Rajak 11-7,13-11,11-4. Boys U-15: S. Velavan (TN) bt Sandeep Paswan (Jindal) 11-7,11-7,11-2; Sandeep Ramachandran (TN) bt Adithya Raghavan (TN) 11-6,17-15, 11-0; Aishwarya Singh (Jindal) bt Raghuveer Reddy 11-9,11-3,11-6. Boys U-17: Madhav Dhingra (Otters Club) bt Aishwarya Singh (Jindal) 11-8,11-9,11-3; S. Guhan bt Sandeep Ramachandran (TN) 10-12,11-8,11-4,11-9; Ishaan Advani (Bombay Gym) bt Akhilesh Yadav (Jindal) 9-11,11-4,11-8,11-9; Arjun Kochhar (CCI) bt Numair Sani 11-4,11-9,14-12. Boys U-19: Vrishab Kotian (TN) bt Tushar Kothari 12-10,11-2,11-5; Shashi Pandey (Jindal) bt S. Guhan 11-8,11-5,13-11; Madhav Dhingra (Otters Club) bt Samir Mistry 11-0,7-11,11-7,11-7. Girls U-11: Alisha Vohra bt Janya Gugnani 11-5,11-0,11-2; Navmi Sharma bt Diyaa Udani 11-2,11-2,11-2; Megha Bhatia bt Uditi Mittle 11-0,11-1,11-0. Girls U-13: Akansha Salunke (Goa) bt Diya Joukani 11-2,11-3,11-7; Nikita Joshi (Otters Club) bt Aditi Prasad 11-3,11-1,11-4; Neharika Balamurgan (TN) bt Vedika Arun 11-8,11-6,11-9; Ashita Bhengra (TN) bt Koel Shankar 11-7,9-11,11-7,11-6. Girls U-15: Aishwarya Nambiar (Country Club) bt Ashita Bhengra (TN) 11-4,11-3,11-7; Mayuri N. (TN) bt Anushka Nair (Country Club) 11-8,11-5,11-2; Akansha Salunke (Goa) bt 2-Jui Kalgutkar (Bombay Gym) 11-4,11-6,11-7.Girls U-17: Aishwariya Kulkarni (Hiranandani Club) bt Anushka Nair (Country Club) 11-7,11-9,11-7; Aishwarya Nambiar (Country Club) bt Ruchi Mishra 11-6,11-5,11-3; Mayuri N. (TN) bt Varsha Pandey 11-7,11-8,11-0.