ORLEANS: India's upcoming shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat continued his brilliant run at the Orleans Masters Badminton 2023, storming into the semifinals with a straight games victory against Chinese Taipei's Chi Yu Jen here on Friday.
Rajawat, who had stunned top seed Kenta Nishimoto of Japan in the second round, defeated Chi Yu Jen 21-18, 21-18 in a 44-minute quarterfinal clash at the Palais Des Sports in the French city.
Rajawat, currently 58th in the world badminton rankings, had defeated world No. 12 Nishimoto 21-8, 21-16 to seal a place in the last eight of the BWF Super 300 badminton tournament. He continued in the same vein on Friday, playing aggressively and keeping the Chinese Taipei player on his toes throughout.
Priyanshu Rajawat will next face Nhat Nguyen of Ireland as the Vietnam-born 22-year-old reached the semifinals after he got a walkover from Israeli opponent Misha Zilberman in their quarterfinal. IANS
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