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Photos: Shuttlers Tanvi, Ayush in US Open final

Siasat | June 29, 2025 10:39 PM CST

Iowa (US): Talented Indian shuttlers Tanvi Sharma and Ayush Shetty moved into the finals of the US Open badminton tournament in contrasting fashion as they continued their impressive run in the Super 300 Tournament here.

The 16-year-old unseeded Indian Tanvi defeated Ukraine‘s seventh-seeded Polina Buhrova 21-14, 21-16 in the women’s singles semifinal in just 34 minutes to make it to the title round. This was the teenager’s second career victory against the Ukrainian in as many outings.

Tanvi will take on top seed Beiwen Zhang of the United States in the final.

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In this image via Badminton Photo, India’s Ayush Shetty returns to Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien-chen during the men’s singles semi-final match at the US Open 2025 badminton tournament, in Iowa, USA, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Badminton Photo/Yves Lacroix via PTI Photo)

In this image via Badminton Photo, India’s Tanvi Sharma celebrates after winning a point against Ukraine’s Polina Buhrova during her women’s singles semi-final match at the US Open 2025 badminton tournament, in Iowa, USA, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Badminton Photo/Yves Lacroix)

Ayush, seeded fourth here, created a big upset by overcoming the challenge of top seed and world No. 6 Chou Tien Chen of Chinese-Taipei 21-23, 21-15, 21-14 in a gruelling men’s singles contest that lasted more than an hour.

Ayush will face another tough opponent in third-seed Brian Yang on Canada. Yang overcame the challenge of Chinese-Taipei’s Liao Jhuo-Fu 21-10, 21-12.

In the quarterfinals, Tanvi had defeated her higher-ranked Malaysian opponent Karupathevan Letshanaa 21-13, 21-16, while Ayush had also dished out an excellent performance to get the better of junior world champion Chinese Taipei’s Kuo Kuan Lin 22-20, 21-9.

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