The second and third seeds in the men's section, Rohit Choudhary and Nachiket Chawathe, are out. So are the girls top seed Shalmali Inamdar and the women's third seed Shalmali Mhatre.

Choudhary was knocked out by 19-year-old second-year student of MMK College George Joseph in the pre-quarters 16-21, 21-17, 21-17, 17-21, 20-22. George then went on to defeat Jayant Udeshi of IDBI in the quarter-finals 13-21, 21-18, 21-14, 21-18.

Thirteenth seed Sanjeev Mehra knocked out Chawathe, again in five games. Chawathe lost 21-14, 21-16, 10-21, 20-22, 15-21. Chawathe had two match points in the fourth game when leading 20-19 and later 21-20. But Mehra saved them and went on to win the match.

Shalmali Inamdar defeated Shalmali Mhatre 21-19, 14-21, 21-12, 21-19 but, seeded one in the girls section, lost to Manasi Shevde of Pune 17-21,21-12, 21-18, 17-21, 17-21 in the pre-quarter-finals.

Results
Men's singles (QF): 1- B S Thakur bt Prasad Naik 21-15, 21-19, 21-11; Sanjeev Mehra bt Nachiket Chawathe 14-21, 16-21, 21-10, 22-20, 21-15; Kunal Solanki bt Gandeep Bhiwandkar 22-20, 21-13, 21-11; George John bt Jayant Udeshi 13-21, 21-18, 21-14, 21-18.

Girls singles (QF) Deepali Zaveri bt Amruta Joshi (Thane) 21-15, 21-12, 21-15; Mamta Prabhu bt Neha Sidhaye (Pune) 21-19, 21-18, 21-12; C Ashar bt Manasi Shevade 16-21, 21-11, 21-7, 21-18; Janhavi Deshpande bt Sheri Crawford 21-13, 21-18, 16-21, 17-21, 21-17.

Women's singles (QF): Shalmali Inamdar bt Shalmali Mhatre 21-19, 14-21, 21-12, 21-19; Radhika Chatnekar bt Sonia Deshpande 21-10, 15-21, 22-20, 21-16; Mamta Prabhu bt Shradda Shastri 16-21, 21-14, 21-10, 21-14; Leena Medhekar bt Janhavi Deshpande 21-14, 21-18, 21-14.

Boys singles (QF): Aditya Mahagaonkar bt Shashank Juvekar 15-21, 17-21, 21-16, 21-9, 21-12; Mitesh Puranik bt Santosh Wakhradkar 15-21, 21-1, 13-21, 21-18, 21-11;Eric Fernandes bt Vasajit Mesta 21-10, 21-15, 21-16.