Abu Dhabi: Vasanth Kumar Rajendran (Abu Dhabi) advanced to the finals of 40th ISC Apex Open Badminton Gold Junior Tournament Finals (sponsored by ASHAWAY-UAE) in the boys’ under-17 category, after defeating Abdullah Sherif Madathil (Sharjah) in a thrilling 3 set encounter, which lasted 40 minutes (Score: 21-07, 22-24, 21-14).

In the finals, Vasanth Kumar will meet AdilOlakkara (Fujairah) who upset 2nd seed player in the category Adarsh Dinesh (Dubai). (Score: 22-20, 21-19). Meanwhile, in the Under 15 Boys category Finals, Shehil Mohammed (Khorfakkan) will meet Adrian Mathews (Dubai). Both players had a tough fight in the semi-finals. Shehil Mohammed defeated Fazim Abdu Anzar in a long match which lasted around one hour (Score 17-21, 21-17, 22-20) and Adrian Mathews defeated ShouryaMukund Joshi in 45 minutes (Score 17-21, 21-17, 22-20) in the semi-finals tie.

In the Girls talent, Tanisha Crasto (Dubai) and Nida Abdul Najeeb (Dubai) will fight for title in 2 categories, Under 15 and Under 17 Girls events. Tanisha Crasto defeated Tvisha Shah (also from Dubai) in the semi-final matches in both categories, while Nida Abdul Najeeb defeated Haarini Sai and NehaAnna Abraham in Under 15 and Under 17 Girls Singles semifinal matches respectively.

Results (Semi-finals):

Boys Doubles (Under 11):
Dev Ayyappan/Dhiren Ayyappan bt Bharath Latheesh/Muhammed Zayan 21-17, 21-08
Hiraan Rasi/Dev Vishnu bt Ajinkya Rohit Gokhale/Joel James 21-16 16-21 21-10

Boys Doubles (Under 13):
Swaran Krishna/John Kenji Perez bt Stefan Binu/Ryan George 21-13 21-12
Fazim Abdu Anzar/Nabhanabdul Najeeb bt Dev Ayyappan/Dhiren Ayyappan 21-14 21-06

Boys Doubles (Under 15):
Shehil Mohammed/Adil Olakkara bt Miko Ramirez Mosarbas/Aaron Jose Thomas 21-18 14-21 21-16
Abishek Dinesh/Adarsh Dinesh bt Omar Sherif Madathil/Adrian Mathews 21-10 21-11

Boys Singles (Under 11):
Muhammed Zayan bt Dhiren Ayyappan 16-21 21-16 21-14
Dev Vishnu bt Bharath Latheesh 21-14 21-18

Boys Singles (Under 13):
Nabhanabdul Najeeb bt Dev Vishnu 21-10 21-05
Shourya MUKUND Joshi bt John Kenji Perez 21-11 21-12

Boys Singles (Under 15):
Shehil Mohammed bt Fazim Abdu Anzar 17-21 21-17 22-20
Adrian Mathews bt Shourya Mukund Joshi 17-21 21-17 21-13

Boys Singles (Under 17):
Adil Olakkara bt Adarsh Dinesh 22-20 21-19
Vasanthakumar Rajendran bt Abdullah Sherif Madathil21-07 22-24 21-14

Boys Singles (Under 9):
Riyan Malhan bt Rishabh Kalidasan Kalidasan 17-21 21-18 21-15
Rishith Rajesh bt Abel ManojKurian 18-21 21-14 22-20

Girls Doubles (Under 13):
Arunima K Biju/Reem Sirajbt Ganga Pradeep Viswanathan/Gauri Pradeep Viswanathan(walkover)
Irene Elsa Alexander/Sreeyuktha Sreejith Parol bt Carolyn Maria Colquhoun/Trisha Mukund Joshi 21-18 21-15

Girls Doubles (Under 15):
Tanisha Crasto/Nidaabdul Najeeb bt Sruti Sunil/Sweta Sunil 21-04 21-06
Neha Anna Abraham/Angelia Ann Binu bt Akshavi Raj/Nayonika Rajesh Rajesh(walkover)

Girls Singles (Under 11):
Tanika Neetu Sequeira bt Rishitha Rajith 21-14 21-16
Rinitha Rajith bt Thayibah Charivupur Biju(walkover)

Girls Singles (Under 13):
Rinitha Rajith bt Sreeyuktha Sreejith Parol 21-14 21-13
Reem Siraj bt Ganga Pradeep Viswanathan(walkover)

Girls Singles (Under 15):
Nidaabdul Najeeb bt Haarini Sai 21-08 21-17
TanishaCrastobtTvishaShah21-04 21-04

Girls Singles (Under 17):
Tanisha Crasto bt Tvisha Shah 21-05 21-07
Nidaabdul Najeeb bt Neha Anna Abraham 21-06 21-09

Girls Singles (Under 9):
Sakshi Prakash Kurbkhelgi bt Apurva Sambhaji Kute 21-04 21-06
Danica Elizabeth Ferrao bt Anna Rose Joseph 21-03 21-05