Pranay Shettigar, 13, of Oxford Public School (Kandivli) recorded an upset win, defeating top seed Soham Pathak of Parle Tilak Vidyalaya English Medium School (Vile Parle) 21-18, 24-22 in a boys' U-14 semi-final of the CCI-MSSA inter-school badminton tournament at the CCI courts yesterday.

The taller and fitter Pranay attributed his maiden win over Soham to his rigorous nine-hour training sessions under renowned coach Bhaskar Babu at the Bhaskar Babu MLRIT Badminton Academy in Hyderabad.