Shetty upsets Li Shi Feng in Asia C'ships
NEW DELHI, April 9 -- India's Ayush Shetty is quickly making it a habit of beating the world's top players regularly.
Last year he twice beat both former world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore and world No. 10 Kodai Naraoka of Japan. The 20-year-old also beat world No. 6 Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei during his 2025 US Open title-winning campaign. In January, he beat former All England champion and Paris Olympics bronze medallist Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia in straight games.
Shetty continued that trend on Wednesday as he ousted another former All England champion and reigning Asian Games gold medallist Li Shi Feng of China from the first round of the $550,000 Badminton Asia Championships in Ningbo, China.
The world No. 25 was in his eleme...
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