Ningbo, April 9 – Ayush Shetty continued his impressive performance at the Badminton Asia Championships as he advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating Chin Yu Jen of Taipei in straight games on Thursday, while two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy concluded their campaigns with their respective second-round losses.
Ayush, the 2025 US Open champion, secured a comfortable 21-16, 21-12 victory over the Taiwanese shuttler in a match that lasted 41 minutes.
Ayush began his campaign with a stunning win over world No. 7 and fifth seed Li Shi Feng of China, 21-13, 21-16, in the opening round. He will aim to maintain his momentum in the quarterfinals when he faces third seed Jonatan Christie of Indonesia.
Meanwhile, two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and former world championship medallist H. S. Prannoy were eliminated after losing their respective second-round matches.
Prannoy, who had won his second-round match 24-22, 21-12 against Nguyen Hai Dang, suffered a 12-21, 19-21 loss against world No. 17 Weng Hong Yang of Hong Kong.
In the women's singles, Sindhu also suffered a straight-game defeat at the hands of the two-time Asian Champions and second seed Chinese Wang Zhi Yi. Sindhu had rallied to reach the second round after winning her women’s singles opener 15-21, 21-11, 21-19 against Wong Ling Ching of Malaysia.
In mixed doubles, India also experienced a setback as the pair of Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila lost to the fourth-seed duo of Toh Ee Wei and Chang Ten Jie 13-21, 14-21.
Later in the day, Unnati Hooda, who had upset world No. 11 Supanida Katethong of Thailand in the opening round, will face world No. 9 Japanese Tomoka Miyazaki.
In the women's doubles, Priya Konjengbam and Shruti Mishra will compete against the fifth-seed Japanese duo of Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto for a place in the quarterfinals.