Kaushik Vartak stunned second seed Rajan Samant 10-15, 15-6, 15-12 to enter the semi-finals of the men’s singles 45-plus, in the GD Birla Memorial Masters inter-club badminton tournament at Bombay Gymkhana on Sunday. Vartak will face Vikrat Karankar, while top seed Sachin Bharati will meet Dhirendra Maurya. 

In women’s singles 45-plus semis, top seed Priya Ambekar and second seed Namita Mehta-Vijayakar will face Pooja Jhalani and Ajita Ravindran respectively.