MUMBAI, Aug 7: Top seeded Swapnil Namjoshi of Thane was shocked in straight games by sixth seeded Sagar Yadav 19-21, 18-21, 19-21 in the boy's singles quarter-finals of the BARC Major State ranking table tennis tournament at Anushakthinagar here today.

In the girl's section, unseeded Shalmali Inamdar caused two major upsets enroute to last four stages. In the girl's singles pre-quarter-finals she drubbed seventh seeded Deepali Zaveri of Thane 21-13, 21-9, 21-17 and then sidelined fourth seed Prachiti Joshi of Thane 21-19, 16-21, 21-17, 21-9 in the quarter-finals.

The biggest upset was caused by unseeded Shriti Doshi in the junior girl's pre-quarter-finals when she ousted third seed Janhavi Deshpande 21-17, 21-17, 16-21, 17-21, 21-11.

Results: Junior boys singles quarter-finals: Aditya Mahagaonkar bt Karan Kapoor 23-21, 21-10, 21-19; Sagar Yadav bt Swapnil Namjoshi 21-19, 21-18, 21-19; Trilok Prabhune bt Eric Fernandes 21-12, 21-14, 12-21, 21-13; Arjun Nandkumar bt Vasjit Mestha 21-17, 21-9, 21-12.

Pre-quarter-finals: Karan Kapoor bt Sujay Malik 21-17, 21-16, 21-18; Vasjit Mestha bt Ojas Mogre 21-16, 21-19, 22-20; S Namjoshi bt Amrut Deshmukh 21-12, 21-9, 21-7; A Nandkumar bt Alok Phadnis 21-17, 21-18, 21-10; A Mahagaonkar bt Abhijit Marathe 21-17, 21-4, 21-10; S Yadav bt V Srinivasan 21-14, 21-11, 24-26, 21-19; T Prabhune bt Aniket Bendre 21-14, 21-5, 21-13; E Fernandes bt Mitesh Puranik 21-19, 21-11, 18-21, 21-19.

Girls singles quarter-finals: Shalmali Mhatre bt Rama T Atte 21-15, 12-21, 17-21, 21-14, 21-4; Shalmali Inamdar bt Prachiti Joshi 21-19, 16-21, 21-17, 21-9; Sherry Crawford bt Shriti Doshi 8-21, 13-21, 21-16, 21-14, 21-19; Mamata Prabhoo bt Chandani Ashar 21-17, 21-15, 21-17.

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