Promising Indian shuttlers Tanvi Sharma and Ayush Shetty marched into the semifinals of the U.S. Open badminton match with convincing wins to proceed their spectacular run within the Super 300 Tournament right here.
The 16-year-old Tanvi wrapped up her match in 33 minutes with a tremendous 21-13, 21-16 victory over her higher-ranked Malaysian opponent Karupathevan Letshanaa.
Ayush additionally dished out a wonderful efficiency as he obtained the higher of junior world champion Chinese Taipei’s Kuo Kuan Lin 22-20, 21-9 in straight video games.
However, the boys’s doubles pair of Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi misplaced their quarterfinal match 9-21, 19-21 to Chiang Chien and Wei Wu Hsuan-yi of Chinese Taipei at Mid-America Centre on Friday.
Tanvi will tackle Ukraine’s Polina Buhrova within the semifinal on Saturday, whereas Ayush will run into prime seed Chou Tien-chen of Chinese Taipei for a spot within the title conflict.
Polina surprised third-seeded Sung Shuo-yun of Chinese Taipei in her quarterfinal match.
Ayush may have his job lower out within the semifinal towards the skilled Chen, who beat the Indian teen on the Taipei Open.
But Ayush will take confidence from his good run in a yr wherein he has made three semi-final appearances on the BWF World Tour 2025, together with the Orleans Masters and Taipei Open.
For Tanvi, it’s her maiden BWF World Tour Super 300 semifinal.
