In this picture through Badminton Photo, India’s Ayush Shetty returns to Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien-chen through the males’s singles semi-final match on the US Open 2025 badminton match, in Iowa, USA, on June 28, 2025. Photo: Badminton Photo/Yves Lacroix through PTI Photo
The 20-year-old, a 2023 junior world championships bronze winner, defeated the third seeded Yang 21-18, 21-13 in 47 minutes on Sunday to cap off a powerful week, which included a come-from-behind win towards prime seed Chou Tien Chen within the semifinals.
It was Shetty’s third victory over Yang, having defeated him twice earlier this 12 months at Malaysia and Taipei Open.
In the ladies’s singles last, 16-year-old Tanvi Sharma completed runner-up after a combating three-game loss to prime seed Beiwen Zhang of the United States.
Playing her first World Tour last, the unseeded teenager went down 11-21, 21-16, 10-21 in 46 minutes.
Shetty vs Yang
The males’s singles last started evenly with scores tied at 6-6, however Shetty, seeded fourth, surged forward with a string of winners to guide 11-6 on the interval.
Yang narrowed the hole to 13-11 and drew stage at 16-16, however Shetty regained management with well-placed pictures to safe the opening sport with a decisive soar smash.
The second sport noticed the Mangalore shuttler race to a 7-2 lead earlier than Yang briefly caught up, however the Indian maintained composure, mixing variations and sharp defence to maintain his opponent at bay.
Leading 17-12, Shetty closed out the match with a cross-court punch adopted by a strong smash to seal his maiden World Tour title.
Shetty had reached the finals of 2023 Odisha Masters Super 100 match, in addition to making the summit conflict on the 2023 Bahrain International and 2024 Dutch Open.
Sharma vs Zhang
In the ladies’s singles last, Sharma struggled to settle early as Zhang constructed an 11-5 lead within the opening sport, which the Indian could not breach.
In the second sport, Sharma got here out attacking, taking a 4-0 lead and sustaining her benefit regardless of Zhang pushing her with lengthy rallies.
From 11-9 on the interval, Sharma continued her aggressive method, forcing errors from Zhang and taking the sport to drive a decider.
However, Sharma ran out of steam within the third sport as Zhang surged to an 11-4 lead on the break and closed out the match comfortably to say the title.
Published – June 30, 2025 08:53 am IST
