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Taipei Open: Ayush Shetty para Kidambi Srikanth ke haraishey

Taipei, 8 May : Young Indian shuttler Ayush Shetty aru Unnati Hooda tai laga impressive performance continue korise Taipei Open Super 300 badminton tournament te, Thursday din men’s aru women’s singles laga quarterfinal te reach kori kene.

Ayush, 20 saal laga, 2023 World Junior Championships te bronze medal jiti thaka player, senior pro Kidambi Srikanth ke ekta tough second-round match te haraise – 21-16, 15-21, 21-17.

Srikanth, jun ekta former world No.1 aru 2021 World Championships laga silver medallist ase, taitiya 82nd rank te ase.

Ayush, jun All England Championships laga runner-up Lee Chia Hao ke previous round te harai dise, eneka ekjon dangor player hobo karone maturity dekhaise aru match close korte pare. Quarterfinal te Ayush Canada laga seventh seed Brian Yang logot khelibo.

Early te, Unnati – jun 2022 Odisha Masters aru 2023 Abu Dhabi Masters champion ase – Chinese Taipei laga Lin Sih Yun ke easy haraise, 21-12, 21-7, sirf 27 minutes te.

17 saal laga Unnati next round te local shuttler Hung Yi-Ting logot quarterfinal match khelibo.

Kintu, 2023 National Games gold medallist Tharun Mannepalli karone tournament khotom hoi jabole lagise, karon tai Indonesia laga Moh Zaki Ubaidillah logot match te 13-21, 9-21 te harise second round te.

Srikanth logot match te, Ayush ekdom tense first game te 14-15 down thaka position te straight 6 points loi lead loi luse. Srikanth second game te bhal response dise, 11-7 interval te lead loi jaise aru pressure maintain kori kene decider force korise.

Last game te Ayush 7-3 lead loi jaise, but Srikanth wapas fight kori kene 13-13 aru 14-14 te equal korise. Kintu, Ayush last moment te calm thaki kene match jeet loi, senior circuit te tai laga naam aur uchaai dekhaise.