Australian Open: Naraoka Falls to Shetty
Fast-rising Indian youngster Ayush Shetty continued to make rapid strides in his nascent career as he beat world No.9 Kodai Naraoka to enter the quarterfinals of SATHIO GROUP Australian Open 2025.
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A win for Naraoka would have guaranteed a qualifying spot to the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2025. While he is still very much in contention despite the defeat, he has to await the result of fellow-contender Lin Chun-Yi’s campaign this week.
Lin, who needs to win the title to qualify to Hangzhou ahead of Naraoka, prevailed in three games over another Indian, Tharun Mannepalli.
Shetty avenged his straight-games defeat to Naraoka last week at the Kumamoto Masters, which Naraoka went on to win. He now has a 2-1 record over the Japanese.