Taipei [Taiwan], May 8 (ANI): Young Indian badminton player Ayush Shetty outsmarted his fellow countryman Kidambi Srikanth in the Taipei Open 2025 on Thursday to enter the men's singles quarterfinals, as per the Olympics.com. Currently 44th in the badminton rankings, Ayush Shetty beat world No. 82 Srikanth by a 21-16, 15-21, 21-17 scoreline in just over an hour. Also Read | Dharamsala Weather Updates Live: Toss in PBKS vs DC IPL 2025 Delayed Due to Rain. This was 20-year-old Ayush Shetty's second win over his senior compatriot this year. Shetty had also bested Srikanth, a former world No. 1 and World Championships medallist, at the Indonesia Masters in January. Srikanth was leading the first game 15-14 before Shetty turned the tables with six successive points to take the lead. The second game was also neck-to-neck, with Srikanth pulling away right at the end to draw level in the match. Also Read | Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings PSL 2025 Free Live Streaming Online: How To Watch PZ vs KK Pakistan Super League T20 Cricket Match Live Telecast on TV?. The decoder was, again, a thrilling affair as the scores stood deadlocked at 14-all at one point. However, this time it was Shetty who came up trumps to progress in the BWF Super 300 tournament. Meanwhile, Unnati Hooda kept the Indian challenge alive in women's singles after outplaying local player Lin Sih-Yun 21-12, 21-7 in just 27 minutes. World No. 53 Unnati Hooda will face another Chinese Taipei player, the 65th-ranked Hung Yi-Ting, in the quarters. Meanwhile, it was the end of the road for Tharun Mannepalli in men's singles after he suffered a 21-13, 21-9 loss to Indonesian badminton player Mohammad Zaki Ubaidillah in the second round. Mannepalli is ranked 56th in the rankings, 11 places better off than Ubaidillah. (ANI) (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)