India`s Tanvi Sharma stunned Japan`s sixth seed Natsuki Nidaira in straight games to storm into the semifinals of USD 250,000 Orleans Masters Super 300 badminton tournament here on Friday.
The 17-year-old, who is a silver medallist at the BWF World Junior Championships, registered a 21-14 21-14 in 43 minutes in the women`s singles quarterfinals.
Tanvi, who is the youngest Indian to reach a BWF World Tour final at the 2025 US Open Super 300, will take on either former world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan or Vietnam`s Nguyen Thuy Linh next.
In the men`s doubles quarterfinals, Leo Carnando and Bagas Maulana of Indonesia ended the campaign of Hariharan Amsakarunan and MR Arjun with a 21-12, 22-20 win.
Later in the day, Isharani Baruah and Malvika Bansod will lock horns in an all-Indian quarterfinal clash.
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