Star Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty sailed into the men’s doubles second round of the Macau Open Super 300 badminton tournament with a straight-game win over Malaysia’s Low Hang Yee and Ng Eng Cheong on Tuesday.
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The Asian Games champions, who on Tuesday regained their place in the top 10 of the BWF world rankings, produced a clinical performance to outclass the Malaysian pair 21-13 21-15 in just 36 minutes.
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In womenโs singles, Anmol Kharb and Tasnim Mir advanced to the main draw after winning their qualification matches. Anmol defeated Azerbaijan’s Keisha Fatimah Azzahra 21-11 21-13, while Tasnim prevailed over Thailand’s Tidapron Kleebyeesun 21-14 13-21 21-17.
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Tasnim will face top seed Chen Yu Fei of China in the opening round of the main draw, while Anmol will be pitted against second seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand.
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The top seeded women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand suffered a first-round exit after going down fighting 21-16 20-22 15-21 in an hour against Lin Xiao Min and Peng Yu Wei of Chinese Taipei.
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In men’s doubles, Dingku Singh Konthoujam and Amaan Mohammad progressed to the main 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 K in the next round.
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The mixed doubles pair of Thandrangini Hema Nagendra Babu and Priya Konjengbam also made it to the main draw, where they will take on Thailandโs Phuwanat Horbanluekit and Fungfa Korpthammakit.
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Earlier, Satwik and Chirag made a dominant start, racing to a 6-1 lead. Though the Malaysians reduced the margin to 10-9, the Indians quickly regained control and took the opening game 21-13. In the second game, the Malaysians kept the pressure on till 13-14, but the former world No. 1 Indian pair surged ahead to 17-13 and sealed the match by winning four consecutive points.
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Meanwhile, Meiraba Luwang Maisnam failed to qualify for the main draw, going down 15-21 21-17 13-21 to Chinaโs Zhu Xuan Chen in the second qualifying round.
