Lucknow, Nov. 28 -- Giant killer Tanvi Sharma continued her dream run by reaching the semi-finals of the Syed Modi International Super 300 badminton tournament on Friday, while it was a mixed day for the women and men top seeds as India's Unnati Hooda registered a hard-fought win and Jai Heng Jason Teh of Singapore was knocked out in the quarterfinals.

Sixteen-year-old Tanvi Sharma, who had upset former world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the earlier round, packed off Hong Kong's Lo Sin Yan Happy in straight games 21-13, 21-19 in 38 minutes to set up a last four clash against 5th seed Hina Akechi of Japan, who upset third seed Sung Shuo Yun 21-8, 21-15 in the other quarterfinal, as per a press release from the Badminton Association...