India, July 25 -- As is the case in most badminton tournaments these days, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are the only Indian shuttlers alive at the business end. The duo reached the men's doubles semi-finals of the China Open with a straight games win at Changzhou on Friday.

However, it was the end of the road for Unnati Hooda, who on Thursday had made headlines after defeating her idol and former world champion PV Sindhu.

The 17-year-old went down 16-21, 12-21 in 33 minutes to Japanese third seed Akane Yamaguchi in the women's singles quarter-final in their first meeting. Currently ranked world No.35, the teenager from Rohtak will likely enter the top 30 having made the last eight stage of the Super 1000 event.

Later, on C...