Bibhash Chaterjee and Rajesh D'Souza upset the second seeds Ayaz Bilawala and Gauram Ashram 21-10, 21-18 in the semi-finals of the G D Birla Memorial Masters Inter-Club Badminton Tournament, co-hosted by Bombay Gymkhana and promoted by Badminton Gurukul, here, on Sunday.
The duo will take on top seed Naheed Divecha and Shailesh Daga in the final, who got the better of Anand Vithalkar and Priya Ambekar 21-4, 21-17.
Bilawala, however, kept himself in contention for a title by entering the semi-finals of the Men's 110+ doubles. In tandem with Rajesh D'Souza, the top seeds beat Anil Pandey and Vipul Shah 15-8,15-11.
Brief Score
MD 110+ - Quarter Final
Ayaz Bilawala [1]/Rajesh Dsouza beat Anil Pandey/Vipul Shah 15-8, 15-11; Anand Vithalkar/Vipool Patel beat Ketan Patel/Suraj Awatramani 15-13, 15-11; Jatin Agarwal/Naval Bir Kumar beat Rakesh Raghavan/Yogesh Kumar Arora 15-11, 15-12; Prashant Mukherjee/Vilas Kuvale beat Bibhash Chatterjee [2]/Yogesh Sanghvi 16-14, 15-10
UNI DOUBLES - Quarter Final
Bibhash Chatterjee/Rajesh D Souza beat Anjali Parab/Narasimhan Kasthurikrishnan 15-7, 15-2; Satinder Malhotra/Vipool Patel lost to Ayaz Bilawala [2]/Gautam Ashra 13-15, 15-12, 7-15
UNI DOUBLES - Semi Final
Naheed Divecha [1]/Shailesh Daga beat Anand Vithalkar/Priya Ambekar 21-4, 21-17; Bibhash Chatterjee/Rajesh D Souza beat Ayaz Bilawala [2]/Gautam Ashra 21-10, 21-18
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP - Round 3
Group A - Bombay Gymkhana A beat Mcf A 2-1
Group B - Mig Cricket Club beat Mcf B 2-1
Group C - Catholic Gymkhana beat Wcg B 3-0
Group D - Goregaon Sports Club beat Wcg A 2-1
Group E - Mca A beat Bombay Gymkhana B 2-1
Group F - Masters Sports Club Llp beat Garware Club House 3-0
Group G - Vanita Samaj A Team beat Jolly A 3-0
Group H - Cci beat All India Balkanji Bari 3-0
