Harsh, Anmol enter semis of Mumbai badminton

Mumbai - Third seed Harsh Chouhan outplayed Kairan Kapadia to enter the men’s singles semi-finals of the Mumbai Suburban District Badminton Championships at the Celebration Club, Andheri here Tuesday.

Chouhan romped to a 21-9, 21-14 win over Kapadia after losing in the boys under-19 singles to an unseeded Siddhesh Mudbhatkal.

In another match, fourth seed Anmol Behrani quelled the challenge of Sandeep Dhillon 21-7, 21-15.

Others to make the last four were unseeded Sachin Kshatriya, who upset top seed Akshat Patil, and second seed Arijit Bose, who packed off Ateet Mhambre in straight games.

Results: Men’s singles quarterfinals: Harsh Chouhan bt Kairan Kapadia 21-9, 21-14; Anmol Behrani bt Sandedep Dhillon 21-7, 21-15; Sachin Kshatriya bt Akshat Patil 21-14, 21-19; Arjit Bose bt Ateet Mhambre 21-6, 21-8.

Girls U-13 singles quarterfinals: Pooja Devlekar bt Chatra Shetty 21-8, 21-6; Namita Shetty bt Greeshna Jagdish 21-7, 21-8, Simran Singhi bt Tanisha Kothari 21-6, 21-6; Archita Malgaonkar bt Diksha Hardasani 21-13, 21-6.

Boys U-10 singles quarterfinals: Varun Dave bt Medhnsh Sharma 21-4, 21-2; Arnav Deshmukh bt Ansh Mehta 21-7, 21-4; Tanishaq Saxena bt Advait Mandge 21-12, 21-6.