Indian Teenagers Tanvi Sharma, Ayush Shetty Enter Semifinals Of US Open Badminton

Last Updated:June 28, 2025, 12:09 IST

Tanvi beat Karupathevan Letshanaa, while Ayush defeated Kuo Kuan Lin. They face Polina Buhrova and Chou Tien-chen respectively next.

Indian shuttlers Tanvi Sharma and Ayush Shetty (X)

Promising Indian shuttlers Tanvi Sharma and Ayush Shetty advanced to the semifinals of the US Open badminton tournament with convincing wins, continuing their impressive run in the Super 300 Tournament.

Sixteen-year-old Tanvi clinched her match in 33 minutes with a fine 21-13, 21-16 victory over her higher-ranked Malaysian opponent Karupathevan Letshanaa.

Ayush also delivered an excellent performance, defeating junior world champion Kuo Kuan Lin of Chinese Taipei 22-20, 21-9 in straight games.

However, the men’s doubles pair of Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi lost their quarterfinal match 9-21, 19-21 to Chiang Chien and Wei Wu Hsuan-yi of Chinese Taipei at Mid-America Centre on Friday.

In the semifinals, Tanvi will face Ukraine’s Polina Buhrova on Saturday, while Ayush will compete against top seed Chou Tien-chen of Chinese Taipei for a place in the title match.

Polina stunned third-seeded Sung Shuo-yun of Chinese Taipei in her quarterfinal match.

Ayush will have a challenging semifinal against the experienced Chen, who previously defeated him at the Taipei Open. However, Ayush can draw confidence from his impressive year, which includes three semifinal appearances on the BWF World Tour 2025, including the Orleans Masters and Taipei Open.

For Tanvi, this marks her maiden BWF World Tour Super 300 semifinal.

(with PTI inputs)

Siddarth Sriram

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