Sydney: Lakshya Sen powered past a determined Ayush Shetty in straight games to reach the men’s singles semifinals of the Australian Open Super 500 at Sydney Olympic Park on Friday.

The seventh seed, who had also defeated the 20-year-old at the same stage of the Hong Kong Open earlier this year, prevailed 23–21, 21–11 to book a semifinal meeting with second seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei.

World No. 9 Chou, the 2018 Asian Games silver medallist, battled past Farhan Alwi 13–21, 23–21, 21–16 in a gruelling contest that stretched to 1 hour and 23 minutes. Alwi had earlier shocked Indian veteran HS Prannoy in the round of 16.

Sen, 26, who reached the Hong Kong Open final earlier this year but is still chasing his first title of the season, faced stiff resistance from Ayush Shetty in t

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