Tanvi Sharma crushed Hong Kong’s Lo Sin Yan Happy in straight games to storm into the semi-finals, while Unnati Hooda and Kidambi Srikanth also made their way into the final four of the Syed Modi International Super 300 on Friday.
In the women’s singles, Tanvi, 16, needed only 38 minutes to brush aside the challenge of Lo Sin 21-13, 21-19. Unnati was made to work hard by compatriot Rakshitha Sree Santhosh R in the quarter-final, before winning 21-15, 13-21, 21-16.
In the men’s singles, Srikanth made it to the semis after his opponent Priyanshu Rajawat retired at the score of 21-14, 11-4. Singapore’s Jason Teh, the men’s top seed, lost 19-21, 21-12, 20-22 in an hour and five minutes against Minoru Koga of Japan.
In the women’s doubles, top seeds Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly defeated fifth seeds Bengisu Ercetin and Nazlican Inci 21-15, 21-16 to enter the semi-finals. Treesa will also feature in the mixed doubles semi-final alongside Hariharan Amsakarunan.
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