Orleans, March 6 -- Indian shuttler Ayush Shetty continued his fine run at the ongoing Orleans Masters badminton tournament, reaching the quarterfinals of the men's singles competition on Thursday.

During his match, Shetty defeated Hong Kong's world number 41 shuttler Jason Gunawan in two straight games by 21-17, 21-17, securing his first win against him in three meetings.

The world number 48 Ayush had earlier secured a stunning upset win over former world champion and 12th-ranked third seed Loh Kean Yew of Singapore 21-17, 21-9 in just 36 minutes.

On the other hand, Kidambi Srikanth and Prannoy HS lost their respective round of 16 clashes.

Kidambi became another victim of Lee Zii Jia, a Paris 2024 bronze medalist, who secured his sec...