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Syed Modi International Super: Giant-killer Tanvi Sharma continued her dream run by reaching the semifinals of the Syed Modi International Super 300 badminton tournament, while it was a mixed day for the women and men top seeds as India’s Unnati Hooda registered a hard-fought win, and Jai Heng Jason Teh of Singapore was knocked out in the quarterfinals.

The 16-year-old Tanvi Sharma, who had upset former world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the earlier round, packed off Hong Kong’s 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.

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’s fourth seed Neslihan Arin in the semifinals. Arin overcame the challenge of India’s Isharani Baruah 21-19, 13-21, 21-15.