Top seed P.C. Thulasi cruised into the women’s semifinals at the Tata Open India International badminton tournament beating Sara Naqvi 21-11, 21-11 here on Friday.
Aparna Balan and Prajakta Samant surprised the top-seeded pair of Pradnya Gadre & Sikki Reddy in the women’s doubles, winning 21-16, 24-22.
The results: Women: P.C. Thulasi bt Sara Naqvi 21-11, 21-11; Arundhati Pantawane bt Riya Pillai 21-10, 21-14; Saili Rane bt Rucha Nikam 21-8, 21-15; G. Ruthvika Shivani bt Rituparna Das 21-18, 22-20. Doubles: Aparna Balan & Prajakta Sawant bt Pradnya Gadre & Sikki Reddy 21-16, 24-22; Shruti Mundada & Riya Pillai bt Daksha Gautam & Rachita Sahdev 21-10, 21-10; J. Meghana & K. Maneesha bt Varsha Belawadi & G.M. Nischitha 21-7, 21-15.
Men: H.S. Prannoy bt Subhankar Dey 21-16, 19-21, 21-13; Ajay Jayaram bt B. Sai Praneeth 21-19, 21-15; R.M.V. Gurusaidutt w & o Chetan Anand; Akshit Mahajan bt Sourabh Varma 21-17, 13-21, 21-19.
Mixed doubles: Shlok Ramchandran & J. Meghana bt Gaurav Venkat & Juhi Dewangan 21-15, 23-21; Akshay Dewalkar & Pradnya Gadre bt Tarun Kona & Prajakta Sawant, 21-19, 21-19; Manu Attri & N. Sikki Reddy bt S. Sanjeeth & G.M. Nischitha 21-9, 21-15; Sanyam Shukla & K. Maneesha bt Chirag Shetty & Kuhoo Garg 21-14, 21-16.
