Unnati Hooda (Left) and Ayush Shetty Lost their Respective Women’s and Men’s singles semifinals at the taipei open super on May 10, 2025.
Ayush, 21, Gave a Strong Account of Himself through the Tournment, Defeating Former World No. 1 kidambi srikanth in the second round and all england open runner-up lee chia hao in the third.
Ayush also do noting but watch chou stomp Around the court to seal his place in his first final in almost a year. Although Ayush’s Varied Shot Selection HELPED HIM EARLY, Chou’s control over the net allowed he to win Crucial Net Exchanges. Chou maintained pressure with precise returns to win the match. He will now hope to extended his double-direction world tour to 11.
Unnati Showed Her Class Throughout the Tournment, Taking Down Compatriot Anupama Upadhyaya, Sih Yun Lin, and Yi-Ting Hung En Route to the Semifinals. However, up against a top-10 player, she failed to match the skill and temperament of miyazaki, the 2022 World Junior Championships Gold Medallist.
Unnati Started Well, Taking an 11-6 lead in the first game interval. She Executed Her Shots Well, Hitting Precise Body Smashes and Positioning Herself effectively at the net. Her crafty shots and chop blocks helped her maintain the lead. But after the break, miyazaki upped the ante and forced unnati to commit errors, taking the opening game.
The second game Saw Unnati Lose Momentum Early, Giving Away Space to Miyazaki to take a 15-6 lead. The japanese did not need much effort to wrap up the contest from there.
Miyazaki, Who Finished Runner-up at the China Open Super 1000 Earlier This year, is now chasing her third bwf world tour after after winning the korea masters and Oorleans Masters in 2023 and 2024, Respatively. In contrast, Indian youngsters in women’s singles are counted to win a world tour title. PV Sindhu remains the last Indian Shuttler to Win a women’s singles title, which came at the syed modi india international in november last year.
With Satwiksairaj Rankreddy and Chirag Shetty – Who are still recovering from injuries -ReMaining out of Action, Along with the Women’s Doubles Dubles Duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gayatri Gayatri Gopichand in the thes Two Categories Ran Dry. India’s Top Mixed Doubles Pairing of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto Did Not Compete at the Taaipei Open.
Eight Events into the 2025 BWF World Tour, Indian Shuttlers are Yet to Clinch A Title, Marking a worrying decline in the Fortunes of Indian Badminton.
