Overview
- Sixteen-year-old Tanvi Sharma clinched her maiden Super 300 semifinal with a 21-13, 21-16 win over Malaysia’s Karupathevan Letshanaa in just 33 minutes.
- Fourth-seeded Ayush Shetty defeated junior world champion Kuo Kuan Lin of Chinese Taipei 22-20, 21-9 to reach another BWF World Tour semifinal this season.
- Sharma will meet Ukraine’s Polina Buhrova, who upset third-seeded Sung Shuo-yun in her quarterfinal, in Saturday’s semifinal.
- Shetty is set to face top seed Chou Tien-chen, who bested him at the Taipei Open earlier this year.
- Their performances boost Sharma’s rapid rise in the BWF World Junior rankings and reinforce Shetty’s strong season after semifinal runs at the Orleans Masters and Taipei Open.