The biggest surprise of the National Senior Championships held this weekend in Rohtak, India, was the ousting of Chetan Anand by Saurabh Verma of Madhya Pradesh in the quarter-finals.
The men’s singles final will see Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Kashyap Parupalli take on former champion Arvind Bhat in an all-Petroleum final. Kashyap got the better of junior national champion Sai Praneeth 18-21, 21-14, 21-19 while Bhat overcame the challenge of Saurabh Verma of Madhya Pradesh 21-15, 13-21, 21-9.
In the absence of Diju and Gutta, the mixed doubles will see a new name rising with Vishnu/Balan taking on Chopra/Sawant.
Here is the finals line-up:
MS : Arvind Bhat vs. Kashyap Parupalli
WS : Arundhati Pantawane vs Aditi Mutaktar
MD: Sanave/Kumar vs. Attaree/Sanyal
WD: Balan/Sawant vs. Gadre/Jyoshna P.
XD: Vishnu/Balan vs. Chopra/Sawant
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