Unnati Hooda in action© X (Twitter)
Indian shuttles Unnati Hooda and Ayush Shetty will be in action during the semi-finals of the Taipei Open on Saturday. These two young stars will aim to go further in their pursuit for a first tour of the World Badminton Federation (BWF). Ayush, competition in simple male, took over the seventh seeded Brian Yang from Canada 16-21, 21-19, 21-14 in the quarter-finals. The match lasted an hour and 11 minutes, according to Olympics.com. The 20-year-old shuttle defeated former world number one Kidambi Srikanth in the round of 16 after taking over the third head of Lee Chia-Hao from Chinese Taipei in his first match.
It will be the second appearance in the semi-finals of Ayush Shetty n ° 44 this year. He had also made the semi-finals of Orleans Masters Super 300 in March after having implemented the former world champion Loh Kean Yew memorable in the round of 32. In the semi-finals,
Ayush will play Chou Tien-Chen at the head of Chinese Taipei, who explained Mohammad Zaki Ubaidillah of Indonesia in his higher match.
Meanwhile, Unnati, 53rd in the badminton classification for singles, won his match in the quarter -final against the world of Chinese Taipei. The 17-year-old Indian shuttle took 52 minutes to ensure a victory of 21-8, 19-21, 21-19.
She will take Tomoka Miyazaki from Japan seeded to the semi-finals. In the round of 16, Unnati beat the world’s n ° 99 of Chinese taipei Lin Sih-Yun 21-12, 21-7.
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