The 16-year-old Tanvi Sharma, who had upset former world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the earlier round, packed off Hong Kong\u2019s Lo Sin Yan Happy in straight games 21-13, 21-19 in 38 minutes to set up a last four clash against 5th seed Hina Akechi of Japan, who upset third seed Sung Shuo Yun 21-8, 21-15 in the other quarterfinal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the upper half, Unnati came through in a battle of two rising stars of India as he got the better of Rakshitha Sree Santosh R. 21-15, 13-21, 21-16. She will next face Turkey\u2019s fourth seed Neslihan Arin in the semifinals. Arin overcame the challenge of India\u2019s Isharani Baruah 21-19, 13-21, 21-15.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
While Unnati survived, men\u2019s top seed Teh went down 19-21, 21-12, 20-22 in an hour and five minutes against Minoru Koga of Japan, who will now meet Hong Kong\u2019s Jason Gunawan in the semifinals. The other semi-final will be an all-Indian affair with fifth seed Kidambi Srikanth taking on Mithun Manjunath.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Srikanth advanced to the semifinals after compatriot Priyanshu Rajawat retired when the score was 21-14, 11-4 in the former world No. 1's favour, while Mithun got the better of Manraj Singh 21-18, 21-13.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the women\u2019s doubles event, top seeds Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly defeated fifth seeds Bengisu Ercetin and Nazlican Inci of Turkey 21-15, 21-16 to reach the semifinals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Srikanth advanced to the semifinals after compatriot Priyanshu Rajawat retired when the score was 21-14, 11-4 in the former world No. 1's favour, while Mithun got the better of Manraj Singh 21-18, 21-13.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, the 16-year-old Tanvi lit up Day 3 with a career-defining victory, shocking former World No. 1, former World Champion and Olympic medalist Nozomi Okuhara in a gripping three-game battle. The World Juniors silver medalist showed remarkable grit, rallying from a game down to claim a memorable 13-21, 21-16, 21-19 win in just under an hour\u2014the biggest result of her young career, sealing her place in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n