Goa, Sept. 5 -- Team Herald

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PANJIM: Goa's Arjun Rehani produced a sensational run to reach the men's singles final of the Yonex Sunrise Inter-State Badminton Championships, stunning top seed Varun Kapur of Maharashtra 21-19, 21-18 in the quarter-finals, played at the Indoor Stadium, Campal. He carried that form into the semis, dismantling Gujarat's Tushar Sharma 21-10, 21-14 to book his spot in the championship clash against Adheep Gupta of Gujarat.

Another Goan, Arjun Bhagat, excelled in the boys' U-19 section, winning a dramatic three-game quarter-final against Maharashtra's Arjun Reddy 23-21, 18-21, 21-16 before bowing out in the semis to Vaibhav Singh of Chhattisgarh 16-21, 21-19, 15-21 in a thriller. The fina...