Charishma and Tanvi reach women’s singles final at Senior Nationals Badminton

Surya Charishma Tamiri and Tanvi Patri reached the women’s singles final at the Senior National Badminton Championships in Vijayawada. In men’s singles, S Rithvik Sanjeevi stunned top seed Kiran George, while Bharat Raghav upset M Tharun to set up the final clash

Hyderabad: Local favourite Surya Charishma Tamiri and the up-and-coming Tanvi Patri set up a women’s singles summit clash at the Senior National Badminton Championships in Vijayawada on Saturday after registering hard-fought wins over their respective opponents.

Surya Charishma, who had accounted for top seed Unnati Hooda in the quarterfinals, defeated world number 45 Rakshita Sree R 21-18, 18-21, 21-9, while Tanvi came from a game down to end the inspired run of Maharashtra’s Shruti Mundada 18-21, 21-12, 21-15 to reach her first-ever senior nationals final.

In the men’s singles semifinals, 2024 Odisha Masters winner S Rithvik Sanjeevi saved a match point before upsetting top seed Kiran George 21-16, 17-21, 22-20 in an hour and eight minutes.

Rithvik will now take on Bharat Raghav, who upset second seed M Tharun 21-17, 11-21, 21-11 in 55 minutes.

In the mixed doubles semifinals, top seeds Ashith Surya and Amrutha P fought back after a disastrous opening game to beat third seeds Deep Rambhiya and Sonali Mirkhelkar 8-21, 21-18, 21-18, while second seeds Sathwik Reddy K and Radhika Sharma defeated Nitin Kumar and Kanika Kanwal 21-13, 21-14.

The women’s doubles final will witness a clash of former national champions as third seeds Shikha Gautam and Ashwini Bhat K defeated

Vennala K and Reshika U 21-11, 21-15, while second seeds Priya Devi Konjengbam and Shruti Mishra overcame the challenge from eighth seeds Aparna Balan and Simran Singhi 21-19, 21-14.