Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Sixteen-year-old Tanvi Sharma and Ayush Shetty entered the women’s and men’s singles final respectively of the US Open badminton championships in California on June 28. While Tanvi overcame Ukraine’s Polina Buhrova, while 20-year-old Ayush Shetty made his career’s biggest final with the sensational upset of World No.6 Chou Tien Chen. Tanvi defeated World No. 40 Burhova 21-14, 21-16, wrapping up the match in just 34 minutes. The 16-year-old Indian, currently ranked World No. 66, won the Denmark Challenge in May and has been in a Super 100 final at the Odisha Masters last year.
On his part, World No.34 Shetty avenged his semifinal loss to Chou in the semifinals of the Taipei Open 2025, fighting off a close first-game loss to beat Chou 21-23 21-15 21-14. In the final, Shetty faces Brian Yang, who had a comfortable win over Liao Jhuo Fu, 21-10 21-12. Shetty will fancy his chances of winning his first World Tour title as he has a 2-0 record over Yang.
“Sixteen-year-old Tanvi Sharma and 20-year-old Ayush Shetty stole the show on semifinals day at the #USOpen2025,” BWF shared on X. Earlier, Tanvi outclassed Thailand’s Pitchamon Opatniputh, the world No. 58 and the 2023 junior world champion, 21-18, 21-16 in straight games in the quarter-final.
