Partnering Naheed Divecha, the top seeded duo got the better of Anagha Deshmukh and Smita Salgaonkar 21-14, 21-2 to enter the 75+ womenn’s doubles final. Taking the court again for the Uni Doubles semis, Aparna and Naval Bir Kumar went down 16-21, 13-21 to the second seeds Rajesh D’Souza and Bibhash Chatterjee.

Mixed fortunes for Aparna Popat

It was mixed fortunes for Aparna Popat, who made the final in one category but lost out in the semi-finals of another in the G D Birla Memorial Masters Inter-Club Badminton Tournament, promoted by Badminton Gurukul and hosted by the Bombay Gymkhana.

Partnering Naheed Divecha, the top seeded duo got the better of Anagha Deshmukh and Smita Salgaonkar 21-14, 21-2 to enter the 75+ women's doubles final. Taking the court again for the Uni Doubles semis, Aparna and Naval Bir Kumar went down 16-21, 13-21 to the second seeds Rajesh D’Souza and Bibhash Chatterjee.

Mangrish Palekar made two finals and will face another international in Nigel D’Souza in the 85+ men’ doubles. Palekar and Deepak Jaitley, the top seeds beat Siddharth Gupta and Sushant Shetty 21-9, 21-10, while D’Sa and Rohan Radhakrishnan, the second seeds,got the better of Kartik Shah and Maulik Jasapara 25-23, 21-19.