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Saina in semifinals

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HYDERABAD : Saina Nehawal of BPCL had an easy outing in the women's singles quarterfinals when her opponent Krishna Deka Raja of OIL conceded the match after losing the first game 7-21 after being declared unfit on health grounds in the 28th all-India PSPB inter-unit badminton tournament at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium here on Friday.

The results: Men's singles: Quarterfinals: Nikhil Kanetkar (IOCL) bt Siddarth Jain (ONGC) 21-15, 21-17; P.Kashyap (IOCL) bt Angshuman Hazarika (OIL) 21-5, 21-10; Rohan Castelino (ONGC) bt Abhinn Shyam Gupta (IOCL) 21-17, 22-20.

Pre-quarterfinals: Nikhil Kanetkar (IOCL) bt R. Parihar (GAIL) 21-8, 21-13; Siddarth Jain (ONGC) bt Pallave Deka (OIL); Rohan Castelino (ONGC) bt Amit Singh (GAIL) 21-9, 21-6; Abhinn Shyam Gupta (IOCL) bt Ajit Wijetilak (BPCL) 21-13, 21-16; Angshuman Hazarika (OIL) bt B.K.Gupta (GAIL) 21-13, 21-6; P. Kashyap (IOCL) bt B. Gurung (HPCL) 21-4, 21-7; Ajay Jayaram (IOCL) bt Ajay More (IPCL) 21-2, 21-11; B. Chetan Anand (ONGC) bt S.D.S. Krishna (OIL) 21-16, 21-15.

Men's doubles: Quarterfinals: Jaseel P. Ismail & Markose Bristow (IOCL) bt B. Gurung & Pratap Kumar (HPCL) 21-13, 21-6; Jose George & Ajit Wijetilak (BPCL) bt Pallave Deka & S.D.S. Krishna (OIL) 21-13, 21-15; Anup Sridhar & Siddarth Jain (ONGC) bt J.B.S. Vidhyadhar & Guru Sai Dutt (IOCL) 21-15, 21-19; Rupesh Kumar & V. Diju (ONGC) w\o Ajay Kanwar & Praveen Gehlawat (OIL).

Women: Singles: Quarterfinals: Trupti Murugunde (IOCL) bt Bibari Basumatary (OIL) 21-15, 21-18; V. Ruth Misha (ONGC) bt Ashwini Ponnappa (ONGC) 21-9, 16-21, 21-16; Saina Nehawal (BPCL) bt Krishna Deka Raja (OIL) 21-7 (retd); B.R. Meenakshi (IOCL) bt Aditi Mutatkar (BPCL) 21-17, 21-10.

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