Tanvi, Ayush advance to semis of US Open badminton

India's promising shuttlers Tanvi Sharma and Ayush Shetty marched into the semi-finals of the US Open badminton tournament with convincing wins to continue their impressive run in the Super 300 Tournament, in Iowa, United States.

The 16-year-old Tanvi wrapped up her match in 33 minutes with a fine 21-13, 21-16 victory over her higher-ranked Malaysian opponent Karupathevan Letshanaa. 

Ayush also dished out an excellent performance as he got the better of junior world champion Chinese Taipei's Kuo Kuan Lin 22-20, 21-9 in straight games. 

However, the men's doubles pair of Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi lost their quarterfinal match 9-21, 19-21 to Chiang Chien and Wei Wu Hsuan-yi of Chinese Taipei at Mid-America

Centre on Friday.

Tanvi will take on Ukraine's Polina Buhrova in the semis on Saturday, while Ayush will run into top seed Chou Tien-chen of Chinese Taipei for a place in the title clash.

Polina stunned third-seeded Sung Shuo-yun of Chinese Taipei in her quarterfinal match.

Ayush will have his task cut out in the semi-final against the experienced Chen, who beat the Indian youngster at the Taipei Open.

But Ayush will take confidence from his brilliant run in a year in which he has made three semi-final appearances on the BWF World Tour 2025, including the Orleans Masters and Taipei Open. 

For Tanvi, it is her maiden BWF World Tour Super 300 semi-final.