Youngster Unnati Hooda made it to the semifinals of the Taipei Open, a BWF World Tour Super 300 event, on Friday.
The 17-year-old Unnati defeated World No. 65 Hung Yi-Ting of Chinese Taipei 21-8, 19-21, 21-19 in 52 minutes to reach the last-four stage of a Super 300 event for the second time in her career. She has lost to P. V. Sindhu in the semifinals of the Syed Modi India International last year.
World No. 53 Unnati, the 2022 Odisha Masters and 2023 Abu Dhabi Masters champion, will next face top seed and World No. 8 Tomoka Miyazaki of Japan for a place in the final.
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Later in the day, Ayush Shetty takes on seventh-seeded Canadian Brian Yang in the men’s singles quarterfinals.
Ayush, 20, a 2023 World Junior Championships bronze medallist, overcame senior pro Kidambi Srikanth 21-16, 15-21, 21-17 in a hard-fought second-round clash.
The rising Indian had also stunned All England Championships runner-up Lee Chia Hao in the opening round.
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