HYDERABAD, June 10: Fifth seed Ajit Wijetilak of Karnataka will take on third-seed Abhin Shyam Gupta (Air India) in the men's singles final while Ch. Deepthi of Andhra Pradesh will clash with top seed Manjusha Kanwar of Delhi in the women's singles final of the Indian Grand Prix prize money badminton tournament.In the men's semi-finals played here today, Wijetilak stunned top seed Nikhil Kanetkar of Maharashtra 15-11, 4-15, 15-3 while Gupta of Air India rallied back superbly to down second seed Srikanth Bakshi of Railways 12-15, 15-9, 15-11.
In the women's semi-finals, unseeded Deepthi, down by a game, came back with vengeance to outplay unseeded Sampada Shetty of Air India, 6-11, 12-11, 11-1 while former national champion Manjusha had to put her best foot forward to thwart the spirited challenge put up by Olympian P V V Lakshmi of Andhra Pradesh to win 3-11, 12-10, 11-1.
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