Anmol Kharb kept her cool under relentless pressure to upset defending champion Lalinrat Chaiwan of Thailand in the women’s singles quarterfinals of the Guwahati Masters Super 100 tournament on Friday.
After clinching the opener, Kharb fought back from 11-16 and 16-20 in the second game to earn two match points but failed to convert either. She faced a similar situation twice in the decider but this time, she converted the second opportunity to win 21-13, 22-24, 22-20 in an hour and 14 minutes.
The 17-year-old Kharb will now face Mansi Singh, who defeated Thailand’s Yataweemin Kateklieng 22-20, 21-18, in an all-Indian semifinal.
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Other Indians, who made it to the semifinals, included men’s singles third seed Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and mixed doubles fifth seeds Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto.
Sathish Kumar defeated Saran Jamsri of Thailand 21-19, 21-13 while Dhruv and Tanisha got the better of K Sathwik Reddy and Vaishnavi Khadkekar 21-16, 21-14.
Top seeds and defending champions Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha were the only Indians left in the fray in women’s doubles after beating China’s fifth seeds Huang Ke Xin and Tang Rui Zhi 21-18, 21-13 in the quarterfinals.
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