Malvika Bansod, Ayush Shetty Enter Semifinals Of Hylo Open Badminton

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

Malvika, seeded sixth in 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 semifinals.

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

He will next play fourth seed Christo Popov of France in semifinals.