All India Ladies Amateur semi-final line-up at RCGC decided

By Rahul Banerji

Defending champion Avani Prashanth of Karnataka will meet state-mate Rishika Muralidhar in the semi-finals of the 108^th All India Ladies Amateur Championship in Kolkata on Saturday.

In the other semi-final of the IGU-run championship, Mannat Brar of Punjab lines up against Karnataka’s Saanvi Somu at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club.

Two sets of matches – the round of 16 and quarter-finals – were held on Friday with favoured players moving up.

The only notable exit in the quarters was Women’s Asia Pacific Amateur Championship team member and best-placed Indian, Nishna Patel of Maharashtra, who was ousted by Saanvi 3&2.

Close games

Avani, who won the 2021 championship at the Noida Golf Course first saw off Assam’s Snigdha Goswami 3&1 in the pre-quarters before prevailing over state-mate Vidhatri Urs 2&1 in the quarters.

National Games team golf medallists Karnataka saw one entrant fall in the pre-quarter-finals, Jasmine Shekar eliminated by Bengal’s Sinjini Mukherjee who prevailed 1 up in a tight battle.

Mannat Brar first saw off Maharashtra’s Ananya Garg 1 up in the round of 16 and then beat Sinjini by a comfortable 5&3 margin in the quarters. All the other matches were close affairs.

The round of 32, the first lot of knockout matches, was played on Thursday.

Results: Quarter-finals

Avani Prashanth (Kar) bt Vidhatri Urs (Kar) 2&1; Rishika Muralidhar (Kar) bt Janneya A. Dasanniee (Guj) 2 up; Mannat Brar (Pun) bt Sinjini Mukherjee (WB) 5&3 and Saanvi Somu (Kar) bt Nishna Patel (Maha) 3&2.

Pre-quarter-finals

Avani Prashanth (Kar) bt Snigdha Goswami (Assam) 3&2; Vidhatri Urs (Kar) bt Chitrangada Singh (WB) 3&2; Rishika Muralidhar (Kar) bt Jia Kataria (Har) 2&1; Janneya A. Dasanniee (Guj) bt Ketaki Sood (Maha) 2&1; Mannat Brar (Pun) bt Ananya Garg (Maha) 1 up; Sinjini Mukherjee (WB) bt Jasmine Shekar (Kar) 1 up; Nishna Patel (Maha) bt Gourabi Bhowmick (WB) 6&5 and Saanvi Somu (Kar) bt Keerthana Rajeev (Kar) 1 up.

Round of 32

Upper half: Avani Prashanth (Kar) bt Aarushi Bhanot (Pun) 5&3; Snigdha Goswami (Assam) bt Karishma Samadder (WB) 5&4; Vidhatri Urs (Kar) bt Ragini Navet (Delhi) 2&1; Chitrangada Singh (WB) bt Anuradha Chaudhuri (Maha) 4&2; Rishika Muralidhar (Kar) bt Tanishka Prithvi (Kar) 3&2; Jia Kataria (Har) bt Kriti Chowhan (Raj) 3&2; Ketaki Sood (Maha) bt Anvitha Narender (Kar) 2&1 and Janneya A. Dasanniee (Guj) bt Vrinda Yadav (Kar) 5&4.

Lower half: Mannat Brar (Pun) bt Renee Rane (Del) 3&2; Ananya Garg (Maha) bt Preitish Gill (Har) 6&5; Jasmine Shekar (Kar) bt Mayara Sharma (Maha) 6&5; Sinjini Mukherjee (WB) bt Smriti Bhargav (Del) 2 up; Nishna Patel (Maha) bt Anaahat Bindra (WB) 2 up; Gourabi Bhowmick (WB) bt Riya Jadon (Har) 1 up; Saanvi Somu (Kar) bt Yaalisai Verma (Har) 1 up, and Keerthana Rajeev (Kar) bt Lavanya Jadon (Har) 7&6.

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