They played two gruelling ties, interspersed with a quick peek into notebooks, before facing RA Podar in the semifinal. Cathedral's No 1 player Shweta Kamdar, visibly tired, set up a close clash by knocking out Podar's best bet Shruti Doshi in straight games. She then paired with Shivani Kumar to win the doubles, but Cathedral lost the remaining three singles to bow out.

Podar went on to beat Jaihind 3-2 in the closely-fought finals, and qualified for the zonal championship.

In the final, Jaihind won the doubles in three games to force the decider between the weakest players on either team, Anumeha Bansal and Farzana Bharucha. The weak also serve, goes the proverb, andAnumeha underlined that by exposing Farzana's poor forehand to settle the issue for Podar.

In the boys U-17 final, Don Bosco, fielding State No 3 Sahil Kukreja, proved too strong for IES English. Sahil demolished Niranjan Kamat 21-6 21-3, and Alok Shah came back from 15-20 in the second game of the second singles to defeat Krishnapathik Nadkarni 21-11 22-20.

RESULTS
Boys u-14 final: Don Bosco, Matunga bt IES, Matunga 3-0 (Sahil Kukreja bt Niranjan Kamat 21-6 21-3 Alok Shah bt Krishnapathak Nadkarni 21-11 22-20 Kukreja & Chintan Desai bt Nadkarni & Vishal Vaidya 22-20 17-21 21-17);

Semis: Don Bosco bt Bombay Scottish 3-0, IES bt Balmohan Vidyamandir 3-0

Girls u-14 final: Andhra Edn Society bt Alexandria Girls 3-1 (Prasanna Laxmi bt Tanvi 21-10 21-7 S Padma lost to Mansi 16-21 16-21 Padma & R Suhasini bt Tanvi & Zainat 21-7 17-21 21-16 Prasanna Laxmi bt Mansi 21-14 21-7)

Girls U-19 final: RA Podar bt Jaihind 3-2 (Shruti Doshi bt Neha Jain 21-16 21-10 Archana Jagannathanlost to Roshni Sabawalla 13-21 18-21 Archana & Anumeha Bansal lost to Neha Jain & Farzana Bharucha 21-19 15-21 16-21 Shruti Doshi bt Roshni Sabawalla 21-7 21-3 Anumeha Bansal bt Farzana Bharucha 18-21 21-9 21-10);

Semis: Podar bt Cathedral 3-2 (Shruti lost to Shweta Kamdar 14-21 13-21 Anumeha bt Mallika Agarwala 21-13 21-14 Anumeha & Archana lost to Shweta & Shivani Kumar 21-19 7-21 11-21; Shruti Doshi bt Mallika 21-5 21-7 Archana bt Shivani Kumar 21-11 21-8); Jaihind bt SIES 3-1 (Roshni Sabawalla lost to Neelam Bendre 14-21 20-22 Neha Jain bt Smriti Bhattacharya 21-9 21-19 Neha & Farzana bt Neelam & Rashi Jairath 21-13 17-21 21-16 Roshni Sabawalla bt Smriti 21-14 21-16).