Overview
- Sen defeated the 20-year-old Shetty 23-21, 21-11 to book a last-four meeting with second seed Chou Tien Chen, who edged Farhan Alwi in three games.
- Shetty had reached the quarterfinals with a 21-17, 21-16 upset of world No. 9 Kodai Naraoka, his second win over the Japanese this season after a Hong Kong result.
- The rising Indian is ranked No. 32 and owns this year’s US Open Super 300 singles title, underscoring his rapid progress despite a recent early exit in Kumamoto.
- Top seeds Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the men’s doubles quarterfinals with a 21-18, 21-11 win over Su Ching Heng and Wu Guan Xun and will face fifth seeds Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri.
- Veterans HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth exited earlier, leaving Sen as India’s lone men’s singles contender at the BWF Super 500 event in Sydney.