Narayan, in her second year of junior college, set up a repeat of last year's final where she lost to Neha Gangoli of HR Commerce. Gangoli was a relatively easier 11-0, 11-4 winner over Prajukta N of Bhavan's, Andheri, today.

Narayan was trailing 1-6, 8-10 in the decider and faced match point. However, a smash out of Anuj Wadke's (ML Dahanukar) reach, gave her the point. From thereon, the state sub-junior champion won five consecutive points to finish the match 9-11, 11-3, 13-11.

The men's final will be contested between Mithibai college-mates Rahul Tipnis and Vinayak Puthran. Tipnis beat Deepak Jaitley (Jaihind), playing his third match of the day, 15-7, 8-15, 15-6 while Puthran won 16-17, 15-6, 15-3 after a listless first game.

Ruparel were the first team to enter the semi-finals with a straight win over Hinduja. However, violating University rules, no staff member of any college was present for the team championships.

Results

Men's singles (semi-finals): Vinayak Puthran (Mithibai) bt Abhishek Kejriwal (Cathedral) 16-17, 15-6, 15-3; Rahul Tipnis (Mithibai) bt Deepak Jaitley (Jaihind) 15-7, 8-15, 15-6.

Quarter-finals: Abhishek Kejriwal (Cathedral) bt Indrajit Tawade (Ruia) 11-15, 15-5, 15-8; Vinayak Puthran (Mithibai) bt Mayur B (HR Commerce) 15-9, 17-14; Deepak Jaitley (Jaihind) bt Amit Singh (Hinduja) 7-15, 15-8, 15-11; Rahul Tipnis (Mithibai) bt Sujay Thakkar (NM Commerce) 15-6, 15-4.

Pre-quarterfinals: D Jaitley bt Vishal K (KPB Hinduja) 15-6, 15-0; R Tipnis bt Amit H (MV&LU) 15-4, 15-1; I Tawade bt Pranesh S (Swami Vivekanand) 17-14, 15-8; V Puthran bt S George (St Xavier's) 15-0, 15-0; Sujay Thakkar bt Rahul S (Lala Lajpatrai) 13-15, 15-4, 15-5.

Team championship (quarter-finals): Ruparel 2 bt Hinduja 0. (Anupam Singh bt Amyn 15-0, 15-7; Nihar Desai bt Vishal Kapadia 13-15, 15-10, 15-10).

Girls' semi-finals: Neha Gangoli (HR Commerce) bt Prajukta N (Bhavan's) 11-0, 11-4; Gauri Narayan (RA Podar) bt Anuj Wadke (ML Dahanukar) 9-11, 11-3, 13-10.

Nidodi champ

Sushant Nidodi (Mithibai) retained the inter-collegiate badminton title yesterday after his opponent Sameer Mahesh (TNMC) conceded his final match.

Nidodi, thus, landed his fourth title -- including the his two junior inter-collegiate titles -- while two-time national doubles champion Mahesh failed to add to his junior inter-collegiate title of 1993.