Orleans (France), Mar 7 (PTI) Unheralded Indian shuttler Ayush Shetty continued his dream run at the Orleans Masters as he advanced to the men's singles semifinals of the BWF Super 300 tournament with a hard-fought win over higher ranked Rasmus Gemke of Denmark here on Friday.

Shetty, who has a world ranking of 48, stunned Gemke 21-16 21-23 21-17 in the quarterfinals.

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Shetty had earlier shocked Hong Kong's world number 38 Jason Gunawan 21-17 21-17 victory in 50 minutes to secure his place in the quarterfinals.

The Indian had humbled world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in straight games in his opening round.

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Shetty, the lone surviving Indian in the tournament, will next face the winner of the other quarterfinal between Chinese Taipei's Chia Hao Lee and second seed Chun-Yi Lin.

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