18 August,2010 09:37 AM IST | | Correspondent
VIR Diwanji and Rahul Parikh were taken the distance before advancing to the mini boys' semi-finals in the Cricket Club of India-Greater Mumbai District Badminton Championship yesterday.
Diwanji overcame Rahul Vyas while Parikh beat a gallant Dhruv Agarwal in riveting quarter-final ties. In another close tie, Samarth Gokhale overcame Paras Jain 15-21, 21-18, 21-16 to join Diwanji and Vyas in the last four.
Rajas Bhagwat, who upset Viraj Kuwale on Monday, continued his winning ways when he beat favourite Neerav Sthalekar 21-14, 16-21, 21-13 in an exciting midget boys' pre-quarter-final.
Among the girls, Tishya Sethi beat Tanusha Thakur to advance to the mini final while Shanaya Wagh earned a hard-fought win over Anushka Phadke to enter the midget quarter-finals.
