Ayush Shetty Reaches Asia Badminton Semifinals

India’s Ayush Shetty stunned world number four Jonathan Christie of Indonesia to enter the men’s singles semifinals of the Badminton Asia Championships in Ningbo, China today. Shetty slayed Christie- 23-21, 21-17 in a fiercely contested quarterfinal.

Earlier, Ayush Shetty had beaten 20th-ranked Chi Yu Jen of Chinese Taipei in the round of 16 yesterday in straight games 21-16, 21-12 . Ayush started off 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.