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Surya advances
KOCHI: Tamil Nadu’s G.N. Surya and Delhi’s B. Murali pulled off stunning upsets on their way to the men’s singles final of the 33rd National senior tennikoit championship on Saturday.
The results:
Semifinals: Men’s singles: B. Murali (Del) bt M. Laxmana Rao 16-21, 21-16, 21-19; G.N. Surya (TN) bt N. Rakesh (AP) 21-16, 21-17.
Men’s doubles: Jay Bawane & Mrinal Bande Bouche (Mah) bt Arun Jyothi & Karthikeyan (Pon) 21-9, 21-8; Durga Prasad & Venkateswara Rao (AP) bt Rakesh Kumar & Mohammed Shafi (Ker) 21-15, 18-21, 21-7.
Women’s singles: Sameera Begum (AP) bt Rathi Priya (TN) 21-10, 21-18; Rema Devi (AP) bt Aarthi (Mah) 21-16, 21-12.
Women’s doubles: D. Apeksha & B.S. Anitha (Kar) bt Nitya R. Tangle & Swetha Ganui (Mah) 22-21, 21-19; Padiya Chowdhary & Sharmila Paik (WB) bt Venkateswaramma & K. Uma (AP) 21-19, 21-19.
Mixed doubles: Shiva Kumar & Sarasawathy (Pon) bt V. Bhargav & Shilpashree (Kar) 21-13, 2-13; Suraz & Swathi (Mah) bt Sandeep & Alekya (AP) 21-15, 21-6.
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