India's [ Images ] Chetan Anand [ Images ] downed Yu Chen of China in straight games to storm into the men's semifinals of the Yonex Sunrise India Open Grand Prix [ Images ] badminton tournament in Hyderabad on Friday.

Chetan emerged 21-16, 22-20 victorious over his Chinese rival but the Indian camp was denied a double delight after Anand Pawar lost a close match to Andrew Smit of England [ Images ] 18-21, 19-21 in the other quarterfinal.

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Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand beat Sheng Shiun Liao of Taipei 20-22, 21-14, 21-14 while Japan's [ Images ] Sho Sasaki defeated Yi Lu of China 21-17, 13-21, 21-14.

In men's  doubles, Jae Sung Jung and Young Dae of Korea defeated Chris Langride and Andew Ellis of England 21-19, 21-11 while Chandra Wijaya of Indonesia and Tony Gunawan of USA downed Michael Logosz and Robert Mateusiak of Poland 21-15, 21-17.