Surya Charishma Tamiri and Tanvi Patri reached the women’s singles final at the Senior National Badminton Championships in Vijayawada. In men’s singles, S Rithvik Sanjeevi stunned top seed Kiran George, while Bharat Raghav upset M Tharun to set up the final clash
Updated On – 27 December 2025, 11:03 PM
Hyderabad: Local favourite Surya Charishma Tamiri and the up-and-coming Tanvi Patri set up a women’s singles summit clash at the Senior National Badminton Championships in Vijayawada on Saturday after registering hard-fought wins over their respective opponents.
Surya Charishma, who had accounted for top seed Unnati Hooda in the quarterfinals, defeated world number 45 Rakshita Sree R 21-18, 18-21, 21-9, while Tanvi came from a game down to end the inspired run of Maharashtra’s Shruti Mundada 18-21, 21-12, 21-15 to reach her first-ever senior nationals final.
In the men’s singles semifinals, 2024 Odisha Masters winner S Rithvik Sanjeevi saved a match point before upsetting top seed Kiran George 21-16, 17-21, 22-20 in an hour and eight minutes.
Rithvik will now take on Bharat Raghav, who upset second seed M Tharun 21-17, 11-21, 21-11 in 55 minutes.
In the mixed doubles semifinals, top seeds Ashith Surya and Amrutha P fought back after a disastrous opening game to beat third seeds Deep Rambhiya and Sonali Mirkhelkar 8-21, 21-18, 21-18, while second seeds Sathwik Reddy K and Radhika Sharma defeated Nitin Kumar and Kanika Kanwal 21-13, 21-14.
The women’s doubles final will witness a clash of former national champions as third seeds Shikha Gautam and Ashwini Bhat K defeated
Vennala K and Reshika U 21-11, 21-15, while second seeds Priya Devi Konjengbam and Shruti Mishra overcame the challenge from eighth seeds Aparna Balan and Simran Singhi 21-19, 21-14.
