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Himanshu and Rudra cause upsets

NEW DELHI: Himanshu Kharbanda knocked out second seed Davinder Dhillon 21-12, 21-13 to meet Rudra Kaushik in the men’s singles final of the J.D. Tytler badminton tournament at the Karnail Singh Stadium here. In the other semifinals on Monday, Rudra Kaushik defeated fourth seed Nitin Mahiwal 14-21, 21-13, 21-10.

On a day when most of the other results came on expected lines, talented under-10 girl Kanika Kanwal stretched second seed Tanima Narang to three games in the under-13 semifinal.

The results (semifinals):

Men: Rudra Kaushik bt Nitin Mahiwal 14-21, 21-13, 21-10; Himanshu Kharbanda bt Davinder Dhillon 21-12, 21-13.

Boys: Under-13: Yash Nain bt Ketan Suri 21-13, 21-15; Rayan Rodriques bt Pranay Arya 21-11, 23-21. Under-16: Jayank Ahuja bt Atul Chouhan 21-17, 21-14; Bhaskar Chakraborty bt Harshvardhan Bisht 21-14, 21-19; Under-19: Kaustav Das bt Rishabh Talreja 21-9, 21-7; Abhishek Ahlawat bt Gauranshu Chopra 23-21, 23-21.

Women: Mohita Sehdev bt Priyanka Arya 14-21, 21-13; Gauri Chopra bt Meenakshi Nair 19-21, 21-16, 21-14.

Girls: Under-13: Yamini Kulesh bt Gauri Asija 23-21, 21-15; Tanima Narang bt Kanika Kanwal 21-18, 17-21, 21-14.

Under-16: Nidhi Tiwari bt Rashmeet Kaur 21-12, 21-11; Shreya Aggarwal bt Garishma Anand 21-13, 22-20.

Under-19: Priyanka Arya bt Shraddha Srivastav 21-14, 21-9; Saloni Chopra bt Garishma Anand 21-18, 21-10. — Special Correspondent

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