Badminton Asia Championships 2026 Live Update: Ayush Shetty vs Kunlavut Vitidsarn Semi-Final<\/p>\n
Bank of Ningbo Badminton Asia Championships 2026 \u2013 Men\u2019s Singles Semi-Final Ayush Shetty vs Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Court 1, Ningbo)<\/p>\n
Current Score (Live):<\/strong><\/p>\n Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA) [1] vs Ayush Shetty (IND)<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0 <\/span>1st Game: 21-10 (Vitidsarn)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0 <\/span>2nd Game: 19-21 (Shetty)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0 <\/span>3rd Game: 7-10(Shetty leading)<\/strong><\/p>\n Match Time: 59 minutes<\/b><\/p>\n India\u2019s 20-year-old sensation Ayush Shetty has staged a brilliant comeback in the semi-final against World No.1 and Olympic silver medallist Kunlavut Vitidsarn. After losing the opening game 10-21, Shetty roared back to take the second game 21-19 with aggressive smashes and sharp retrieving.<\/p>\n In the deciding third game, Shetty has taken a 10-7 lead and is currently serving. The young Indian is showing tremendous composure and fitness against the vastly experienced Thai star. Long rallies and high-intensity exchanges are defining this contest.<\/p>\n Key Highlights So Far:<\/b><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0 <\/span>Shetty dominated the second game with better placement and counter-attacking play.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0 <\/span>Vitidsarn looked in control early but has been forced into errors under Shetty\u2019s pressure.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0 <\/span>The Indian shuttler, ranked 25th, continues to punch above his weight after earlier upsets over Li Shifeng and Jonatan Christie.<\/p>\n This is a historic run for India at the 2026 Asian Championships. A win here would take Ayush Shetty into the final and guarantee India\u2019s best-ever result in the men\u2019s singles at this event.<\/p>\n Stay tuned for live score updates. Can Shetty hold his nerve and complete one of the biggest upsets of the tournament? India is watching!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Badminton Asia Championships 2026 Live Update: Ayush Shetty vs Kunlavut Vitidsarn Semi-Final Bank of Ningbo Badminton Asia Championships 2026 \u2013\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":502,"featured_media":48198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[5110,5101,4057],"class_list":["post-48196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-badminton","tag-ayush-shetty","tag-badminton-asia-championship","tag-top-stories"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48196"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48200,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48196\/revisions\/48200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}