Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 28 (ANI): Giant killer Tanvi Sharma continued her dream run by reaching the semi-finals of the Syed Modi International Super 300 badminton event on Friday, whereas it was a combined day for the men and women prime seeds as India’s Unnati Hooda registered a hard-fought win and Jai Heng Jason Teh of Singapore was knocked out within the quarterfinals.
Sixteen-year-old Tanvi Sharma, who had upset former world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan within the earlier spherical, packed off Hong Kong’s Lo Sin Yan Happy in straight video games 21-13, 21-19 in 38 minutes to arrange a final 4 conflict towards fifth seed Hina Akechi of Japan, who upset third seed Sung Shuo Yun 21-8, 21-15 within the different quarterfinal, as per a press launch from the Badminton Association of India (BAI).
In the higher half, Unnati got here by way of in a battle of two rising stars of India as she received the higher of Rakshitha Sree Santosh R 21-15, 13-21, 21-16. She will subsequent face Turkey’s fourth seed Neslihan Arin within the semifinals. Arin overcame the problem of India’s Isharani Baruah 21-19, 13-21, 21-15.
While Unnati survived, males’s prime seed Teh went down 19-21, 21-12, 20-22 in an hour and 5 minutes towards Minoru Koga of Japan, who will now meet Hong Kong’s Jason Gunawan within the semifinals.
The different semi-final can be an all-Indian affair with fifth seed Kidambi Srikanth taking over Mithun Manjunath.
Srikanth superior to the semifinals after compatriot Priyanshu Rajawat retired when the rating was 21-14, 11-4 within the former world primary’s favour, whereas Mithun received the higher of Manraj Singh 21-18, 21-13.
In the ladies’s doubles occasion, prime seeds Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly defeated fifth seeds Bengisu Ercetin and Nazlican Inci of Turkey 21-15, 21-16 to achieve the semifinals.
Treesa will even function within the combined doubles semifinal alongside Hariharan Amsakarunan after defeating Australia’s Andika Ramadiansyah and Nozomi Shimizu 21-18, 21-14 within the quarterfinals. (ANI)