Women's Doubles specialist Ashwini Ponnappa was embarking on a new journey as a Mixed Doubles player. Her first partner: her own Karnataka statemate K Sai Prateek in the 36th National Games.
In the Men's semifinals, played at the PDDU Indoor Stadium here on Wednesday, Sai Praneeth downed M Raghu of Karnataka 21-12, 21-19 while Mithun was clearly the dominant player in his 21-9, 21-11 victory over Gujarat's Aryamann Tandon
Top seeds Telangana after beating Maharashtra 3-2 will now face the HS Prannoy-led Kerala team, which got the better of hosts Gujarat 3-1, in the summit clash. Kerala got the better of hosts Gujarat 3-1.