Syed Modi International 2025: Tanvi Sharma, Unnati Hooda storm into semis

Kidambi Srikanth also entered the final four stage at the BWF Super 300 tournament.

Giant killer Tanvi Sharma continued her dream run by reaching the semi-finals of the Syed Modi International 2025 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.

Sixteen-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 fifth seed Hina Akechi of Japan, who upset third seed Sung Shuo Yun 21-8, 21-15 in the other quarter-final.

In the upper half, Unnati Hooda 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.

While Unnati survived, men’s 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’s Jason Gunawan in the semi-finals.

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The other semi-final will be an all-Indian affair with fifth seed Kidambi Srikanth taking on Mithun Manjunath.Srikanth advanced to the semi-finals after compatriot Priyanshu Rajawat retired when the score was 21-14, 11-4 in the former world no. 1s favour while Mithun got the better of Manraj Singh 21-18, 21-13.

In the women’s 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.

Treesa will also feature in the mixed doubles semi-final alongside Hariharan Amsakarunan after defeated Australia’s Andika Ramadiansyah and Nozomi Shimizu 21-18, 21-14 in the quarter-finals.

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