Anoushka Parikh of Ahmedabad reached the under-19 singles final of Gujarat State Major Ranking Badminton Tournament held at Vadodara on Saturday.
In the semis, top seed Anoushka faced little resistance to beat Vadodara’s Janhvi Khanna 21-17, 21-12.
In under-17 boys singles, Bhavin Karamchandani of Mehsana, who stunned top seed Abhyudya Agrawal of Ahmedabad in the quarters, saw his run halted as he suffered a 22-24, 14-21 loss against Digvi jaysinh Kushwaha of Valsad.
Meanwhile, second seeded Dhrumil Patel of Mehsana defeated Anirudhsinh Kushwaha of Valsad, 21-23, 21-19, 21-16.
DIPTI, SALVI FACE-OFF IN FINALS
In the under-17 girls singles, top seeded Dipti Kuity of Kutch brushed aside Devarshi Sanghvi of Ahmedabad, 21-15, 21-12 whereas second seed Salvi Shah of Ahmedabad beat Kosha Trivedi of Vadodara 16-21, 21-18, 21-13.