In the previous major ranking tournaments held Saifai and Jaunpur the former French Open winner Abhinn Shyam had emerged winner.

Lucknow defeated Allahabad 3-2 in the team championship event final. Dharamveer of Lucknow defeated D Nishad of Allahabad 21-19, 21-13 in the men's singles competition of the team championship event. Seema Patwal of Lucknow beat Neha Verma of Allahabad 25-23, 21-15 in another hard fought match.

The final matches will be played from 2.00 pm on February 2. The prizes will be given away by Dr Akhilesh Gupta (MP).

The Results: Men's Singles: Quarter-finals: Aman Singh Vishven (Azamgarh) beat Prabhat Yadav (Lucknow) 17-21, 21-15, 21-13; Prashant Kumar (Allahabad) beat Deepak Pal (Meerut) 21-14, 22-20; DB Thapa (Bareilly) beat Dharamveer (Lucknow) 21-13, 18-21, 21-12; Anurag Sharma (Allahabad) beat Abhishek Agarwal (qualifier) 21-16, 11-21, 21-16;
Semi-final: Anurag Sharma (Allahabad) beat DB Thapa (Bareilly) 21-9, 16-21, 21-15;

Men's Doubles: Quarter-finals: Anurag Sharma & D Nishad (qualifier) beat Abhinn Shyam Gupta & Ajai Mehrotra (Allahabad) 25-23, 9-21, 21-19; TS Bisht & DB Thapa (Lko/Bly) w/o Aman Singh Vishven & Shivam (Azamgarh); Ravinder Singh & Dharamveer (Lucknow) beat Prashant and Vikalp Tewari (Allahabad) 10-21, 21-16, 21-15; Deepak Pal & Bhanu Pratap (Meerut) beat Ankit Patel & Prabhat Yadav (Lucknow) 21-23, 21-16, 22-20;

Semi-final: Ankit Patel & Prabhat Yadav (Lucknow) beat Deepak Pal & Bhanu Pratap (Meerut) 21-23, 21-16, 22-20;

Women's Singles;

Quarter-finals: Sara Naqvi (Bareilly) beat Anushree (qualifier) 21-11, 21-19; Kavita Singh (Gorakhpur) beat Mini Sharma (Agra) 21-14, 21-18; Neha Verma (Allahabad) beat Jyoti Sharma (Barelly) 21-17, 15-21, 21-12;

Semi-finals: Sara Naqvi (Bareilly) beat Seema Patwal (Lucknow) 21-17, 21-13; Kavita Singh (Gorakhpur) beat Neha Verma (Allahabad) 15-21, 21-13, 21-11;

Women's doubles:

Quarter-finals: Neha Verma & Rishika Shukla (Allahabad) w/o Roopali & Pooja (Kanpur); Gurmeet & Anushree (Gorakhpur) beat Mini Sharma & Shradha 19-21, 21-14, 21-19; Nida Asmat & Seema Patwal (Lucknow) w/o Jyoti Sharma & Sohani (Barelly); Anjali & Khushboo (Lucknow) w/o Bhawna Singh & Kavita Singh (Gorakhpur);

Semi-final: Gurmeet & Anushree (Gorakhpur) w/o Neha Verma & Rishika Shukla (Allahabad);

Team Championship event final: Lucknow beat Allahabad 3-2 [ 1st men's singles:

Prabhat Yadav lost to Anurag Sharma 10-21, 14-21; 2nd men's singles: Dharamveer beat D Nishad 21-19, 21-13; women's singles: Seema Patwal beat Neha Verma 25-23, 21-15; men's doubles: Ravindra Singh & Nishant P Sinha lost to Abhinn Shyam Gupta & Ajai 14-21, 17-21;