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Men’s Singles:
Ø Second seed Sourabh Varma lost to Akshit Mahajan (21-17, 13-21, 21-19) in the upset of the day to move into the semifinals of the Tata Open India International Challenge 2014
Ø Top seed H. S. Prannoy had to sweat it out, against eighth seed Subhankar Dey (21-16, 19-21, 21-13) in an enthralling match that lasted more than an hour to confirm his place in the semifinals
Ø Sixth seed Ajay Jayaram defeated third seed B. Sai Praneeth in straight sets (21-19, 21-15)
Women’s Singles:
Ø Top seed P. C. Thulasi and third seed Saili Rane moved into the semifinals by defeating Sara Naqvi and Rucha Nikam respectively
Ø Rituparna Das lost to Gadde Ruthvika Shivani in straight sets (21-18, 22-20)
Mixed Doubles:
Ø Second seeds Gaurav Venkat and Juhi Dewangan lost to Shlok Ramchandran and J. Meghana in straight sets (21-15, 23-21)
Ø Top seeds Akshay Dewalkar and Pradnya Gadre defeated Kona Tarun and Prajakta Sawant (21-19, 21-19)
Scorecard:
Men’s Singles (Quarter Finals)
H. S. Prannoy (IND) def Subhankar Dey (IND), 21-16, 19-21, 21-13
Ajay Jayaram (IND) def B. Sai Praneeth (IND), 21-19, 21-15
Akshit Mahajan (IND) def Sourabh Varma (IND), 21-17, 13-21, 21-19
R. M. V. Gurusaidutt (IND) def Chetan Anand (IND), w.o.
Women’s Singles (Quarter Finals)
P. C. Thulasi (IND) def Sara Naqvi (IND), 21-11, 21-11
Arundhati Pantawane (IND) def Riya Pillai (IND), 21-10, 21-14
Saili Rane (IND) def Rucha Nikam (IND), 21-8, 21-15
Gadde Ruthvika Shivani (IND) def Rituparna Das (IND), 21-18, 22-20
Mixed Doubles (Quarter Finals)
Shlok Ramchandran and J. Meghana (IND) def Gaurav Venkat and Juhi Dewangan, 21-15, 23-21
Akshay Dewalkar and Pradnya Gadre def Kona Tarun and Prajakta Sawant, 21-19, 21-19
Manu Attri and N. Siki Reddy def S. Sanjeeth and G. M. Nischitha, 21-9, 21-15
Sanyam Shukla and K. Maneesha def Chirag Shetty and Kuhoo Garg, 21-14, 21-16
