Kohli in final

Kohli will now vie for the champion8217;s purse of Rs 7,500 with Awish Jaiswal, the top seed. Jaiswal settled the aspirations of Abhijit Kukreja, who had stormed into the men8217;s semi-finals last night by surprising fourth seeded Neeraj Shirgaonkar, with a a runaway 15-6, 15-12, 15-9 victory. Kukreja simply could not reproduce the same form.

Just 13, Siddharth Suchde played impressively while defeating Jaikaran Juneja 15-8, 15-12, 15-11 and reaching the under-16 final. he now takes on the top seed JunaidNathani.

Santosh More shocked Rajesh Verma, the top seed who had sustained a fall yesterday and hence not fit. to reach the finals of the professionals event. He now meets Chandrakant Pawar.

Results all semi-finals: Men8217;s:

Manish Choitrani bt Saket Wali 15-9, 15-8, 15-9.

Professionals: Chandrakant Pawar bt Ananth More 15-6, 15-13, 10-15, 10-15, 15-13, Santosh More bt Rajesh Verma 15-12, 15-6, 15-4.

Junior boys u-19: Amit Pal Kholi bt Parath Doshi 13-15, 15-12, 15-9, 15-14.

Junior boys u-16: Junaid Nathani bt Sahil Vora 13-15, 15-3, 15-8, 15-2, Siddharth Suchde bt Jaikaran Juneja 15-8, 15-12, 15-11.

Women8217;s: Mekhala Subedar bt Reha Bandhari 15-9, 15-7, 10-1 15-4.