Malvika, Ayush enter semifinals of Hylo Open badminton

Saarbrucken (Germany), Nov 1 (PTI) Rising Indian shuttler Malvika Bansod progressed to the semifinals of the the Hylo Open, defeating higher-ranked Thed uy Linh Nguyen of Vietnam here on Friday.

Malvika, seeded sixth in the women's singles category, outwitted her opponent, seeded fourth, 21-15 21-17 in quarterfinal clash.

Malvika will next face eighth seed Denmark's Julie Dawall Jakobsen in the semifinals.

Among other Indians, Ayush Shetty beat Finlland's Kalle Koljoen 21-18 21-18 to enter the men's singles semifinals.

He will next play fourth seed Christo Popov of France in the semifinals. PTI SSC SSC KHS