New Delhi: Local favourite Kanika Kanwal defeated Laa Yajum 21-9, 21-13 to reach the girls' under-13 final in the National sub-junior badminton championships here on Wednesday. In the summit clash, Kanika will meet Ashwini Bhat of Karnataka.

The results (semifinals):

Boys: U-15: Ansal Yadav (UP) bt Sudeep Suresh (Kar) 19-21, 21-9, 21-10; U-13: Siril Verma (AP) bt Arin Dasgupta (WB) 21-10, 21-10; Lakshya Sen (Utk) bt Sanjal Srivatsava (UP) 27-25, 16-21, 21-9. Doubles: Sai Dinesh Reddy (Mah) & Shourya Singh (Chg) bt Rahul Bharadwaj (Kar) & Kartikeya Kumar (Del) 21-18, 19-21, 21-15.

Girls: U-15: Ruthvika Shivani (AP) bt Lalita Katre (Mah) 21-16, 24-26, 21-8; G. Vrushali (AP) bt Shikha Gautam (Mah) 21-15, 20-22, 21-18; U-13: Kanika Kanwal (Del) bt Laa Yajum (Aru) 21-9, 21-13; Ashwini Bhat (Kar) bt Tapaswini Roy (UP) 21-6, 21-13 .

The Hindu