Sagar had defeated Anand in the final to grab the sub-junior title last year; and recently, Sagar had defeated Anand in the semi-final en route to the state title. Anand will be thirsting for revenge, and their showdown promises to be the match to look forward to.

In the senior girls semifinal, Sumitra Gantayat of Atomic Energy gave top seed Nikita Hurkadli a scare before bowing out 3-11 11-4 2-11. Sumitra, not seeded in the draw, had the consolation of claiming the bronze medal when the second losing semi-finalist, third seed Amodi Borkar, conceded the tie. Sushil Sawant of Antonio D'Silva capped his excellent run to set up a clash with favourite Swapnil Vyavaharkar in the senior boys final, while defending championRiddhi Panjwani will take on Maitreyee Nigwekar in the sub-junior girls final. Results (seedings in prefix)

BOYS (Seniors semis):

Sushil Sawant (Antonio) bt Navneet Kumar (Cathedral) 15-7 15-12; 2-Swapnil Vyavaharkar (IES) bt 3-Animesh Kejriwal (Cathedral) 15-10 15-11; 3rd place:

Animesh Kejriwal bt Navneet Kumar 15-2 15-9

Juniors (semis):

3-Sagar Chopda (Pius) bt 1-M Narayan (OLPS) 15-10 15-3; 2-Anand Pawar (Jamnabai) bt Zarir Warden (Campion) 15-2 15-5; 3rd place:

M Narayan bt Zarir Warden 15-7 11-15 15-11

Sub-junior boys singles (semis):

1-Rohit Sadani (Gyan Kendra) bt 4-Kaushik Krishnan (Thomas) 15-1 15-1; 2-Ajay Jayaram (OLPS) bt 3-Abhinav Kapoor (Gyan Kendra) 15-6 15-6; 3rd place:

Abhinav Kapoor bt Kaushik Krishnan 15-11 15-4

Midgets (semis):

1-Kush Munim (Jasudben) bt Anant Agarwal (Jasudben) 15-2 15-1; 2-Harsh Jhaveri (Cathedral) bt Purav Suryamurthy (Jasudben) 15-4 15-1; 3rd place:

Purav Suryamurthy bt Anant Agarwal 15-1015-7

GIRLS (Seniors semis):

1-Nikita Hurkadli (Joseph) bt Sumitra Gantayat (Atomic Energy) 11-3 4-11 11-2; 2-Ramya Venkat (JB Vachha) bt 3-Amodi Borkar (Loreto) 11-2 11-6; 3rd place:

Sumitra Gantayat bt Amodi Borkar 1-2 (conceded)

Junior (semis):

1-Shivani Mayekar (IES) bt 4-Druti Deshpande (Parle Tilak) 11-4 13-10; 2-Amrita Sawant (MES) bt Kavita Kapadane (Jamnabai) 11-6 11-4; 3rd place:

Druti Deshpande bt Kavita Kapadane 11-1 11-3

Sub-juniors (semis):

1-Riddhi Panjwani (AVM) bt Saumya Padhye (Rajhans) 11-0 11-1; 2-Maitreyee Nigwekar (Convent Girls) bt Aditi Mahajan (Anthony's, Chembur) 11-3 11-0; 3rd place:

Saumya Padhye bt Aditi Mahajan 11-6 11-5

Mixed doubles (final):

1-Swapnil Vyavaharkar & Aditi Kulkarni (IES) bt Ninad Venkatesh & Drupti Deshpande (Parle Tilak) 15-3 15-1