Satwik-Chirag sail into second round of Macau Open

Kaumi GazetteSports30 July, 20258.2K Views

India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. File.
| Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR

Star Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the lads’s doubles second round of the Macau Open Super 300 with a straight-game win over Malaysia’s Low Hang Yee and Ng Eng Cheong, right here on Tuesday.

The Asian Games champions, who additionally regained their place within the high 10 of the BWF world rankings on Tuesday, produced a scientific efficiency to outclass the Malaysian pair 21-13, 21-15 in simply 36 minutes.

The ladies’s pair of Priya Konjengbam and Shruti Mishra additionally moved to the second round after battling previous Chinese Taipei’s Zih Ling Huang and Wang Szu-Min 21-15, 16-21, 21-17 in a hard-fought three-game encounter.

In ladies’s singles, Anmol Kharb and Tasnim Mir superior to the principle draw after profitable their respective qualification matches.

Anmol defeated Azerbaijan’s Keisha Fatimah Azzahra 21-11, 21-13, whereas Tasnim overcame Thailand’s Tidapron Kleebyeesun 21-14, 13-21, 21-17.

Tasnim will face high seed Chen Yu Fei of China within the opening round of the principle draw, whereas Anmol is about to tackle second seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand.

The high seeded ladies’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand suffered a first-round exit after happening preventing 21-16, 20-22, 15-21 in an hour in opposition to Lin Xiao Min and Peng Yu Wei of Chinese Taipei.

Apoorva Gahlawat and Sakshi Gahlawat fell to Malaysia’s Go Pei Kee and Teoh Mei Xing within the ladies’s doubles Round of 32, whereas males’s doubles pair of Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi additionally exited within the opening round.

In males’s doubles, Dingku Singh Konthoujam and Amaan Mohammad progressed to the principle draw after beating Hong Kong’s Law Cheuk Him and Yeung Shing Choi 21-18, 21-17. They will face compatriots Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy and Sai Pratheek Okay within the subsequent round.

The blended doubles pair of Thandrangini Hema Nagendra Babu and Priya Konjengbam additionally made it to the principle draw, the place they may tackle Thailand’s Phuwanat Horbanluekit and Fungfa Korpthammakit.

Earlier, Satwik and Chirag made a dominant begin, racing to a 6-1 lead. Though the Malaysians lowered the margin to 10-9, the Indians rapidly regained management and took the opening sport 21-13.

In the second sport, the Malaysians stored the strain on until 13-14, however the former world No. 1 Indian duo surged forward to 17-13 and sealed the match by profitable 4 consecutive factors.

Meanwhile, Meiraba Luwang Maisnam did not qualify for the principle draw, happening 15-21, 21-17, 13-21 to China’s Zhu Xuan Chen within the second round of qualification.

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