Top seed Sameer Verma entered the final of the men's singles event at the Hyderabad Open Badminton tournament today. 

Verma scored a fighting three-game win over compatriot RMV Gurusaitdutt in the semifinal.   

Verma had to sweat it out for 51 minutes to get the better of unseeded Gurusaidutt 16-21, 21-15, 21-11. Verma will take on Soong Joo Ven of Malaysia in tomorrow's summit clash. 

The Malaysian had defeated seventh seed Firman Abdul Kholik of Indonesia 21-17, 21-14 in the other semi-final.

Elsewhere, top-seeded local pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also made it to the final of the men's doubles event with an easy 21-14, 21-6 win over compatriots Arun George and Sanyam Shukla.

 The mixed doubles duo of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy, top seeds, too booked their place in the final with a 21-19, 21-15 straight-game victory over fifth-seeded Hong Kong pair of Chang Tak Ching and NG Wing Yung. 

They will face sixth seeds Akbar Bintang Cahyono and Winny Oktavina Kandow of Indonesia in the final.