Overview
- Seventh seed Lakshya Sen defeated compatriot Ayush Shetty 23-21, 21-11 in Sydney to make the Australian Open Super 500 last four.
- Sen’s next opponent is Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien Chen, who advanced after a three-game win over Farhan Alwi.
- Top-seeded men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost their quarterfinal to Indonesia’s Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Fajar Alfian 19-21, 15-21.
- Ayush Shetty’s quarterfinal run followed a straight-games upset of world No. 9 Kodai Naraoka, his second win over the Japanese player this year, setting up the all-Indian clash with Sen.
- Senior Indians HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth exited earlier, losing to Farhan Alwi and Shogo Ogawa respectively at the BWF Super 500 event in Sydney.