Kush Kumar sets himself up for double crown

Kumar, seeded on top of the heap in the lower age group, downed Cricket Club of India's Yohan Pandole in three straight games 11-5, 12-10, 11-4 in the under 17 semis, and is to meet second seed Madhav Dhingra of Otters Club, who outlasted Abhimanyu Shah of the host Bombay Gymkhana 13-11 12-10 12-10, in the final tomorrow.

Kumar, seeded second in the under-19 group, moved up to a contest against top seed Mahesh Mangaonkar, also of CCI, who was too good for another TN boy Deepak Mishra and earned a handsome 11-4, 11-3, 11-4 semi-final victory.

Other semi finals results (all from Mumbai unless stated otherwise):

Girls U 13: 1-Koel Shankar bt Diya Joukhani 11-4 11-6 11-2; Aakanksha Rao bt Abhilasha Bhasin 11-5 11-2 13-11.

Girls U 15: 2-Adya Advani bt Jui Kalgutkar 9-11 11-3 4-11 11-9 12-10; Nikita Joshi bt 1-Aishwarya Bhattacharya 11-9 13-11 11-4.

Boys U 11: 2-Advait Adik bt Neel Joshi 11-3 12-10 11-3; 1-Yash Fadte (Goa) bt Tanay Punjabi 11-1 11-4 11-5.

Boys U 13: Veer Chotrani bt 2-Tushar Shahani 9-11 11-5 11-6 6-11 12-10; 1-Chaitanya Shah bt Aryan Parekh 11-8 11-8 12-14 11-2.

Boys U 15: Abhay Singh (TN) bt Yohaan Surti 13-11 11-6 5-11 9-11 11-4; 2-Aryaman Adik bt Siddhanth Iyer 6-11 11-9 5-11 11-6 14-12.

Boys U 17: 2-Madhav Dhingra bt Abhimanyu Shah 13-11 12-10 12-10; 1-Kush Kumar (TN) bt Yohan Pandole 11-5 12-10 11-4.

Boys U 19: 2-Kush Kumar (TN) bt Ranvijay Singh (TN) 11-5 11-13 11-2 11-3; 1-Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Deepak Mishra (TN) 11-4 11-3 11-4.