15th All-India Junior ranking badminton tournament: Aakarshi stuns Shikha

Bengaluru: Unseeded Aakarshi Kashyap of Chandigarh shocked top seed Shika Gautam of Karnataka in the U-19 semifinals of the 15th All-India Junior ranking badminton tournament at the Karnataka Badminton Association on Saturday.

The lesser fancied Aakarshi won 24-22, 21-16 to silence the home favourite and will now meet third seed Shriyanshi Pardeshi of MP, who ousted second seeded Vrushalo G of Telangana 21-17, 21-16, in Sunday’s final.

Results (Karnataka and selected only):
Boys: U-19: Q/fs: Chirag Sen (AI x1) bt Aryamann Tandon (Guj x7) 18-21 21-12 21-11; Bodhit Joshi (Utr x5) bt Siddharth Pratap Singh (CG x12) 21-13 13-21 21-17; Mithun M. (AI x3) bt Kartikey Gulshan Kumar (AI x8) 21-13 21-16; Lakshya Sen (Utr x2) bt Kiran George (Ker) 21-17 21-13. R-16: Bodhit Joshi (Utr x5) bt Rahul Bhardhvaj BM (Kar), 21-12 21-18; Lakshya Sen (Utr x2) bt Raghu M (Kar) 21-8 21-14.

U-17 (Q/fs): Kartikey Gulshan (AI x1) bt Mohit Goury (Har) 21-12 23-21; Kiran George (Ker x3) bt Abhyansh Singh (UP x5) 18-21 21-13 21-12; Rahul Bhardhvaj BM. (Kar) bt Orijit Chaliha (AI x4), 8-12 Ret..; Jagadeesh K. (AP x2) bt Monimugdha Rajkonwar (Asm x8) 21-12 21-16.

Girls: U-19: S/fs: Aakarshi Kashyap (CG) bt Shikha Gautam (Kar x1) 24-22 21-16; Shriyanshi Pardeshi (MP x3) bt Vrushali G. (TS x2) 21-17 21-16. Q/fs: Shikha Gautam (Kar x1) bt Archana Pai (Kar) 21-11 21-13; Aakarshi Kashyap (CG) bt Tanishq M (AP) 21-13 21-10; Shriyanshi Pardeshi (MP x3 bt Anura Prabhudesai (AI x6) 21-12 15-21 21-14; Vrushali G.
(TS x2) bt Prashi Joshi (AI) 21-13 12-8 Ret..

U-17: S/fs): Purva Barve (Mah x3) bt Prashi Joshi (AI x1) 21-17 18-21 21-12; Aakarshi Kashyap (CG x2) bt Rashi Lambe (Mah) 21-10 2-0 Ret.. Q/fs: Prashi Joshi (AI x1) bt Malvika Bansod (Mah) 15-21 21-19 21-18; Purva Barve (Mah x3)
bt K Ashwini Bhat (Kar x5) 19-21 21-12 22-20; Rashi Lambe (Mah)
bt Sheethal D. (Kar) 21-17
21-16; Aakarshi Kashyap

(CG x2) bt Ananya Goel (Del) 21-19 21-11.