Sourabh, Mithun and Kuhoo-Rohan enter the semifinals of the Russian Open | Badminton News

VLADIVOSTOCK (Russia): Sourhh Verma and Mithun Manjunath won the semi-finals of the men's singles competition at the $ 75,000 Open Russian BWF Tour Super 100 tournament on Friday.

Sourabh, eighth seeded, who qualified for the Asian Games after recovering from his injuries, beat Israel's third head Misha Zilberman 21-14, 21- 16 in 36 minutes.

Mithun also expelled Satheishtharan Ramachandran of Malaysia 21-18, 21-12 in another quarterfinal. It will be an all-Indian semifinal while Mithun take on Saturday's Sourabh.

Rohan Kapoor and Kuhoo Garg, the second-seeded Indian, also advanced to the semi-finals after sweeping local hopes Andrej Loginov and Liliia Abibulaeva 21-13, 21-9.

They will face the Malaysian combo of Chen Tang Jie and Yen Wei Peck tomorrow. The Malaysian combo defeated Saurabh Sharma and Anoushka Parikh, second-seeded Indian, 21-15, 21-8 in less than 30 minutes.

It was also the end of the road for former national champion Rituparna Das, who lost 17-21, 13-21 against American Iris Wang.

Vrushali Gummadi also retired from the tournament, losing 9-21, 11-21 to Yen Mei Ho of Malaysia.

India's fifth favorite Subhankar Dey also bowed after losing 20-22, 15-21 to Vladimir Malkov, Russia's second favorite, in a 48-minute clash.