Unnati Hooda (Photo by Tony2803.tw)
Indian teenager Unnati Hooda and Finnish veteran Kalle Koljonen are through to the semi-finals of the Hylo Open badminton championships as Malaysia’s top seeded men’s doubles pair of Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik crash out.
18-year-old Unnati beat Chinese Taipei’s fourth seeded Lin Hsiang Ti 22-20, 21-13 in the women’s singles quarter-finals to set up a last four clash against top seed Putri Kusuma Wardani of Inodnesia.
Koljonen, who failed to get pastthe opening round at the Artic Open, earlier in October, stormed into the men’s singles semi-final after edging out another Indian youngster Ayush Shetty 19-21, 21-12, 22-20.
He will take on another unseeded player, Magnus Johannesen in the semi-finals.
But the day’s biggest upset was in the men’s doubles with Aaron-Wooi Yik, being shown the exit by the Indonesian duo of Sabar Karyaman Gutama-Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani 11-21, 21-14, 21-17.
The quarter-final victory was the Indonesians second in three meetings against Aaron-Woi Yik. They had lost to the Malaysian pair at the French Open quarter-finals last month, but were victorious at the BWF World Tour Finals last December.
Sabar-Moh Reza will take on another Malaysian pair, the third seeded Man Wei Chung-Kai Wun Tee for a place in the final.
QUARTER-FINAL RESULTS
Men’s Singles: Kalle Koljonen (Fin) bt Ayush Shetty (Ind) 19-21, 21-12, 22-20; [4] Alex Lanier (Fra) bt Lakshya Sen (Ind) 21-17, 14-21, 21-15; [2] Jonathan Christie (Ina) bt Kiran George (Ind) 21-10, 21-16; Magnus Johannesen (Den) bt Ditlev Jaeger Holm (Den) 24-22, 21-18
Men’s Doubles: Chiu Hsiang Chieh-Wang Chi-lin (Tpe) bt [4] Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmusen (Den) 21-17, 21-19; [8] Lee Jhe-huei-Yang Po-hsuan (Tpe) bt Daniel Lundgaard-Mads Vestergaard (Den) 21-12, 15-21, 21-18; [3] Man Wei Chung-Kai Wun Tee (Mas) [5] Fajar Alfian-Muhammad Shohibul Fikri (Ina) 26-24, 21-19; [6] Sabar Karyaman Gutama-Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani (Ina) bt [1] Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik (Mas) 11-21, 21-14, 21-17
Women’s Singles: [1] Putri Kusuma Wardani (Ina) bt Keisha Fatimah Azzahra (Aze) 21-18, 21-19; [2] Mia Blishfeldt (Den) bt Neslihan Arin (Tur) 12-21, 21-16, 21-11; Unnati Hooda (Ind) bt [4] Lin Hsiang Ti (Tpe) 22-20, 21-13; [6] Line Christosphersen (Den) bt Rakshitha Sree Santosh Ramraj (Ind) 21-7, 21-19
Women’s Doubles: [7] Margot Lambert-Camille Pognate (Fra) bt [1] Gabriela Stoeva-Stefani Stoeva (Bul) 21-18, 16-21, 21-13; [2] Hsu Yin-hui-Lin Jhih Yun (Tpe) bt [6] Ong Xin Yee-Carmen Ting (Mas) 21-17, 21-16; [8] Bengsiu Ercetin-Nazlican Inci (Tur) bt [4] Go Pei Kee-Teoh Mei Xing (Mas) 21-13, 14-13 rtd; [3] Chang Ching Hui-Yang Ching Tun (Tpe) bt [5] Polina Buhrova-Yevheniia Kantemyr (Ukr) 21-19, 11-21, 21-9
