Ketaki Thite of Rose Manor International (Santacruz) and Nidhi Padnekar of RAUBS High School (Bhandup) stormed into the semi-finals of the MSSA girls U-16 inter-school badminton tournament at Bombay Gymkhana on Tuesday. 

Ketaki showed great character and composure, defeating Akshita Tibrewala of SVKM JV Parekh International (Vile Parle) 21-11 in the one-game encounter, while Nidhi had a tough time against Juie Parab of Pawar Public School (Bhandup) before winning 21-16.