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Anand Pawar shocks Mishra, enters semifinals

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JAMSHEDPUR: Anand Pawar powered into the semifinals of the men's singles of the second J.R.D. Tata all-India senior prize money badminton tournament here at the Mohan Ahuja Stadium on Friday. Anand shocked seeded Utsav Mishra of Uttar Pradesh in the quarterfinals at 9-15, 15-1, 15-6 in less than an hour.

Top women's seed B.R. Meenakshi of Karnataka and second seed Shruthi Kurian of Petroleum were on course for a final meeting in the singles.The results: Men: singles quarterfinals: Abhinn Shyam Gupta (Pet) bt Hemant Duggal (Rly) 15-12, 15-3; J.B.S Vidyadhar (Pet) bt Sagar Chopda (Mah) 15-11, 10-15, 15-5; Anand Pawar (Mah) bt Utsav Mishra (UP) 9-15, 15-1, 15-6; Nikhil Kanetkar (Pet) bt Ajay Jayaram (Mah) 15-10, 17-14.

Doubles: pre-quarterfinals: Sanave Thomas & Rupesh Kumar (Ker) bt Vineet Manuel & Venkatesh (TN) 15-11, 15-3; Jayan James & T. Dinesh (AP) bt Rajiv Bajaj & Tanvir Gill (Del) 15-8, 12-15, 15-9; Markose Bristow & K.A. Aneesh (Ker) bt Ajit Wijetilak & Jose George (Kar) 6-15, 15-11, 15-13; Jassel P. Ismail & J.B.S. Vidyadhar (Pet) bt Uday Bhaskar & N.N. Vinayak (AP) 15-5, 15-12.

Women: singles pre-quarterfinals: B.R.Meenakshi (Kar) bt Parul Rawat (Rly) 11-4, 11-1; Barnali Raha (Rly) bt Sarada Govardhini (AP) 11-8, 11-5; Dhanya Nair (Rly) bt Poonam Tiwari 11-5, 11-0; Shruthi Kurian (Pet) bt Amrita Mukherjee (Rly) 7-11, 11-0, 11-3.

Doubles: semifinals: Meenakshi & Aparna bt Dhanya & Neha Makwana (Rly) 15-12, 15-3; Barnali & Amrita bt Parul & Poonam (Rly) 15-2, 16-17, 15-5.

Mixed doubles: semifinals: Mayank Behl & Barnali Raha (Rly) bt Rupesh Kumar & Aparna Balan (Ker) 15-9, 15-12; Sanave Thomas (Ker) & B.R. Meenakshi (Kar) bt Jassel P. Ismail (Pet) & Dhanya Nair (Rly) 15-5, 4-15, 15-7.

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