Sankar saraswat

Senior National Badminton Championships: Chattisgarh’s Rounak Chauhan and Tamil Nadu’s Adarshini Shri NB continued their giant-killing run by upsetting higher-ranked opponents to reach the men’s and women’s singles semifinals of the 86th Senior National Badminton Championships here on Sunday.

Chauhan defeated 14th seed Alap Mishra, who had knocked out second seed Ayush Shetty in the morning, 21-10, 21-16 in the men’s singles quarterfinals while Adarshini got the better of Shreya Lele 23-21, 21-12.

In the semifinals, Chauhan will face former national champion Mithun Manjunath, who hammered Sankar Saraswat 21-9, 21-9 while Adarshini will face off against 13th seed Devika Sihag, who got the better of Rujula Ramu 17-21, 21-19, 21-16.