Tanvi Sharma, Ayush Shetty enter US Open badminton semifinals with dominant wins
Promising Indian shuttlers Tanvi Sharma and Ayush Shetty continued their impressive runs at the US Open Badminton Championships, entering the semifinals with dominant wins in the BWF Super 300 tournament.
The 16-year-old Tanvi secured a straight-game victory over higher-ranked Malaysian Karupathevan Letshanaa, winning 21-13, 21-16 in just 33 minutes.
Ayush was equally clinical, defeating junior world champion Kuo Kuan Lin of Chinese Taipei 22-20, 21-9 to book his place in the final four.
However, India suffered a setback in the men’s doubles, as the pair of Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi went down 9-21, 19-21 to Chiang Chien and Wei Wu Hsuan-yi of Chinese Taipei in their quarterfinal at the Mid-America Centre on Friday.
Tanvi will face Ukraine’s Polina Buhrova in Saturday’s semifinal. Polina pulled off a surprise win over third seed Sung Shuo-yun of Chinese Taipei in the quarterfinals.
Ayush, meanwhile, will take on top seed Chou Tien-chen — a seasoned campaigner who had previously beaten the Indian at the Taipei Open. Despite the challenge, Ayush can draw confidence from a stellar 2025 season that includes semifinal appearances at the Orleans Masters and the Taipei Open.
This will be Tanvi’s maiden semifinal appearance at a BWF World Tour Super 300 event.