India’s Taipei Open Run Ends as Ayush Shetty and Unnati Hooda Fall in Semis

By  Firstdespatch Desk   May 10, 2025

In badminton, India’s challenge at the Taipei Open ended after Ayush Shetty and Unnati Hooda lost their respective semi-final matches in the singles event today.

The 20-year-old Ayush Shetty pushed top seed Chou Tien-chen of Chinese Taipei in a tightly contested semi-final clash of the men’s singles but eventually lost 21-18, 21-17 in 42 minutes.

In the women’s singles, 17-year-old Unnati Hooda also impressed before falling to top seed Tomoka Miyazaki of Japan 21-19, 21-11 in the last-four game.

The Indian badminton players will be next seen in action at the Thailand Open BWF Super 500 event starting in Bangkok on Tuesday.