The Ajmer based Jain beat Auloke Mathur 9-2, 8-10, 9-3, 9-0 in the quarter-finals at the Willingdon Sports Club to set up a semi-final clash against top seed Junaid Nathani. Earlier, Jain fought back from a 1-2 deficit to topple Wong Kim Lee 9-6, 8-10, 7-9, 9-4, 9-4 in the pre-quarters.

Nathani walloped Vijay Jangra 9-1, 9-5, 10-8 in the quarters to join Mahesh Verma and Amjad Khan in the last four.

Amit Pal Singh was forced to concede his under-19 quarter-final match against Bikram Uberoi following an injury. Singh, 18, collided with Uberoi and injured his shoulder which caused his withdrawal. The medical report suggests surgery which may rule the Sardar out for at least a couple of weeks.

Unseeded Supriya Balsekar upset fourth seed Sally Looi of Malaysia in a close under-14 girls' quarter-final match 5-9, 9-4, 3-9, 9-7,9-7.

Results

Boys' under-19 (quarter-finals): Ritwick Bhattacharya bt Saket Wali 9-1 9-1 9-4; Parth Doshi w/o Junaid Nathani; Abhijit Kukreja w/o Abhimanyu Jain; Bikram Uberoi bt Amitpal Singh 9-4 7-7 conceded.

Under-16 (quarter-finals): Mahesh Verma bt Vikas Jangra 9-6 9-0 9-3; Amjad Khan bt Sidharth Suchde 2-9 9-6 9-3 9-6; Abhimanyu Jain bt Auloke Mathur 9-2 8-10 9-3 9-0; Junaid Nathani bt Vijay Jangra 9-1 9-5 9-8. PQF:

V Jangra bt D Verma 9-1 9-0 9-3; M Verma bt Mihir Sheth 9-2 9-2 9-2; S Suchde bt Yashwardhan Singh 9-5 10-8 1-9 9-4; Amjad Khan bt Jaikaran Junaid 8-10 9-5 9-5 9-0; A Jain bt Wong Kim Lee 7-9 9-1 9-1; Alok Mathur bt Sahil Vora 9-6 9-3 5-9 9-2; Vijay Jangra bt S Ghoshal 9-0 10-8 4-9 9-6; Junaid Nathani bt Sohail Sethi 9-5 9-7 9-5.

Under-14 (quarter-finals): Mihir Sheth bt Saurav Ghoshal 9-0 9-3 9-1; Auloke Mathur bt Sahil Vora 9-0 9-1 9-3; Sidharth Suchde bt D Ahalawat 9-5 9-3 9-4; Wong Kim Lee bt Karanpal Sethi 9-3 9-7 2-9 9-3. PQF:

M Sheth btVishal Sharma 9-0 9-3 9-2; S Ghoshal bt Vikas Jangra 1-9 9-0 9-2 9-6; Alok Mathur bt Gaurav Narangjog 9-2 9-1 9-1; Sahil Vora bt Imran Khan 9-3 9-0 9-1; S Suchde bt Supreet Singh 9-0 9-1 9-1; D Ahalawat bt Anil Verma 9-2 9-6 9-2; K Sethi bt A Manjrekar 9-0 9-7 9-2; Wong Kim Lee bt Ankur Gupta 9-3 9-3 9-2.

Girls under-16 (quarter-finals): Tricia Chuah bt Alisha Mashruwala 9-0 9-1 9-0; Joshna Chinappa bt Sally Looi 9-0 9-4 9-2; Rhea Bhandare bt Rachita Vora 9-3 9-0 9-1; Teng Ooi Ean bt Supriya Balsekar 9-2 9-0 9-0.

Under-14 (quarter-finals): Teng Ooi Ean bt Alisha Mashruwalla 9-1 9-2 9-0; Supriya Balsekar bt Sally Looi 5-9 9-4 3-9 9-7 9-7; Joshna Chinappa bt Shubhika Bilkha 9-3 9-1 9-4; Rhea Bhandare bt Shaila Pandole 9-0 9-0 9-0.