Taipei Open: Unnati Hooda, Ayush Shetty To Feature In Semifinals

Indian shuttlers Unnati Hooda and Ayush Shetty might be in motion throughout the semifinals of the Taipei Open on Saturday. Both these younger stars might be aiming to go one step additional of their chase for a primary Badminton World Federation (BWF) Tour title. Ayush, competing within the males’s singles, obtained the higher of seventh-seeded Brian Yang of Canada 16-21, 21-19, 21-14 within the quarter-finals. The match lasted one hour and 11 minutes, as per Olympics.com. The 20-year-old shuttler defeated former world primary Kidambi Srikanth within the spherical of 16 after getting the higher of third-seeded Lee Chia-hao of Chinese Taipei in his opener.

This might be world No. 44 Ayush Shetty’s second semi-final look this 12 months. He had additionally made the semi-finals of the Orleans Masters Super 300 in March after memorably upstaging former world champion Loh Kean Yew within the spherical of 32.In the semi-finals,

Ayush will play top-seed Chou Tien-chen of Chinese Taipei, who accounted for Mohammad Zaki Ubaidillah of Indonesia in his top-eight fixture.

Meanwhile, Unnati, 53rd within the badminton rankings for ladies’s singles gamers, received her quarter-final match towards Chinese Taipei’s world No. 65 Hung Yi-Ting. The 17-year-old Indian shuttler took 52 minutes to safe a 21-8, 19-21, 21-19 victory.

She will tackle top-seeded Tomoka Miyazaki of Japan within the semi-finals. In the spherical of 16, Unnati defeated Chinese Taipei’s world No. 99 Lin Sih-Yun 21-12, 21-7.

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