India, April 12 -- Ayush Shetty's brilliant run at the $550,000 Badminton Asia Championships ended with a loss in the men's singles final, earning the 20-year-old a well-deserved silver medal in Ningbo, China, on Sunday.

Shetty went down 8-21, 10-21 in 42 minutes as he proved no match for reigning world champion and home favourite Shi Yu Qi in the last match of the day.

On Saturday, the shuttler from Mangaluru became only the third Indian player or pair to reach the final of the prestigious continental championships.

Dinesh Khanna had won the men's singles crown way back in 1965. India had to wait another 58 years before the ace pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty claimed the men's doubles gold three years ago in Dubai. ...