Tanvi Sharma progressed in the women’s singles. India’s men’s doubles challenge ended with Hariharan Amsakarunan-Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi’s loss.
ORLANDO, FL, July 31, 2025 /24-7PressRelease/ — Ayush Shetty and Tanvi Sharma kept India’s challenge at the US Open 2025 badminton alive after winning their respective quarter-final matches in Iowa on Friday.
Fourth seed Ayush Shetty, 34th in the men’s singles badminton rankings, progressed to the semi-finals of the BWF Super 300 tournament after beating former junior world champion Kuo Kuan-lin of Chinese Taipei 22-20, 21-9 in the quarter-finals.
Down 19-16 in the first game, Ayush Shetty rallied from behind to clinch the opener in a tie-break before wrapping up the second comfortably to win the match in 38 minutes.
Ayush Shetty will face top seed and world No. 6 Chou Tien-chen of Chinese Taipei in the semi-finals. The last time the two squared off, Chou Tien-chen beat Ayush Shetty in straight games in the semi-finals of the Taipei Open earlier this year.
Saturday’s encounter will mark Ayush Shetty’s third semi-final appearance of the year, following his run to the last four at the Orleans Masters in March.
Meanwhile, world No. 66 Tanvi Sharma also progressed to the semi-finals after beating Malaysia’s Letshanaa Karupathevan, 50th in the badminton rankings, 21-13, 21-16 in the quarters. Tanvi will face world No. 40 and seventh seed Polina Buhrova of Ukraine in the semis.
Elsewhere, India’s challenge in the men’s doubles ended after third seeds Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi lost 21-9, 21-19 to Chiang Chien-Wei and Wu Hsuan-yi of Chinese Taipei in the quarter-finals.
Earlier, Priya Konjengbam and Shruti Mishra’s run in women’s doubles concluded with a 21-10, 21-14 loss to the USA’s Laura Lam and Allison Lee, ending India’s challenge in the event.
Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto, who led India in the mixed doubles, suffered an opening-round exit on Wednesday.
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