Top seed Abhishek Pradhan and second seed Abhishek Agarwal steamrolled their respective rivals to set up the mens title clash of the GSC-All India Squash Open here Thursday.
On a day when almost all the favourites in different age groups justified their standing, Pradhan defeated his Maharashtra teammate Aishwary Singh 11-9, 11-5, 11-3 in straight games.
Agarwal, also from Maharashtra, outplayed his state mate Rohit Kadam 11-4, 11-3, 11-7 to breeze into the summit clash at the suburban Goregaon Sports Club.
In the women's section, top seed Urwashi Joshi, of Maharashtra, defeated her state mate Prapti Salunke 11-3, 11- 6, 11-3 in the semi-final round.
She will take on Maharashtra's Navmi Sharma, who routed Mehak Gupta, also from the host state, 11-0, 11-1, 11-4 in the semi-final.
The boys under-19 event saw Advait Adik of Maharashtra toppling the top seed Araash Mehta, also from Maharashtra,11- 3, 11-4, 11-5.
Results (All Semi finals): Men: (1)- Abhishek Pradhan (MH) bt Aishwary Singh (MH) 11-9, 11-5, 11-3; (2)- Abhishek Agarwal (MH) bt Rohit Kadam (MH) 11-4, 11-3, 11-7.
Women: (1)-Urwashi Joshi (MH) bt Prapti Salunke (MH) 11-3, 11-6, 11-3; Navmi Sharma (MH) bt Mehak Gupta (MH) 11-0, 11-1, 11-4.
Boys U-19: Prithi Singh (CH) bt (2)- Avinash Yadav (MH) 11-6, 11-4, 11-5; Advait Adik (MH) bt (1)- Araash Mehta (MH) 11-3, 11-4, 11-5.
Boys U-17: Arman Darukhanwalla (MH) bt Jay Vaknalli (MH) 7-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-8, 11-5; (2)- Mohit Bhatt (MH) bt Arnav Mandhana (MH) 9-11,11-4, 11-5, 11-9.
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