Ayush Shetty Clinches Maiden BWF Super 300 Title; Tanvi Sharma Finishes Runner-Up
India’s Ayush Shetty claimed his first BWF World Tour title by defeating Canada’s Brian Yang 21-18, 21-13 in the US Open 2025 final, a BWF Super 300 tournament held at the Mid-America Center. The 2023 World Junior Championships bronze medallist dominated the match, wrapping it up in just 47 minutes.
Shetty, seeded fourth, had an impressive run, including a semifinal win over World No. 6 Chou Tien Chen. The Badminton Association of India (BAI) hailed it as a “breakthrough triumph” on X.
In women’s singles, 16-year-old Tanvi Sharma stunned the badminton world with a runner-up finish, losing a hard-fought final to 34-year-old Beiwen Zhang 11-21, 21-16, 10-21.
Tanvi defeated multiple higher-ranked players en route and became the youngest Indian to reach a BWF World Tour final. With two international titles already, her US Open performance marks a promising future for Indian women’s badminton.
