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Indian shuttlers stormed into the finals of Women's, Men's and Mixed Doubles sections at the Russian Open Grand Prix Badminton tournament today being played in Vladivostok, Russia. <br/><br/>In the women's singles, 4th seed Ruthvika stunned the local favourite and 2nd seed Ksenia Polikarpova in staright games 22-20, 21-13 in the semifinal. The Indian will now take on another Russian Evgeniya Kosetskaya in the summit clash tomorrow.<br/><br/>In the men's singles, Siril Verma also defeated a Russian Anatoliy Yartsev in straight games 24-22, 21-16 to reach the final. He will face top seed Zulfadli Zulkiffli of Malaysia in the final. <br/><br/>The mixed doubles pair of N Sikki Reddy and Pranaav Jerry Chopra, who clinched the Brazil Open Grand Prix title last month, also reached the final with an easy 21-11, 21-17 win over local duo of Anatoliy Yartsev and Evgeniya Kosetskaya. The Indian pair will play Russia's Vladimir Ivanov and Valeria Sorokina in the title clash tomorrow.

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