Indonesia's Anthony Sinisuka Ginting upset world No 2 and top seed Chen Long to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Badminton Open in Sydney on Friday. The 19-year-old Ginting, ranked 31, knocked out the Chinese star 21-14, 21-17 to set up a last-four meeting with South Korea's Hyeok-Jin Jeon on Saturday. Ginting, a former world junior boys' singles bronze medallist, took 44 minutes to get the better of Chen.
Chen was hoping to win the Australian Open and regain the world No 1 ranking he gave up to Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei after Wei claimed his sixth Indonesia Open title last weekend. Jeon strolled into the semi-finals after his quarter-final with Hong Kong's Hu Yun ended in a walk-over. India's Srikanth Kidambi downed South Korea's Kwang Hee Heo 21-18, 21-17 to advance to the other semi-final where he will face Hans-Kristian Vittinghus of Denmark. Vittinghus beat Japan's Sho Sasaki 21-14, 21-18.