Macau Open: Lakshya Sen Through To Second Round, HS Prannoy Exits Early
Indian shuttlers Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty and Tharun Mannepalli advanced to the second round of the Macau Open. HS Prannoy and Unnati Hooda were among those who faced early exits.
Indian shuttlers Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty, and Tharun Mannepalli advanced to the second round of the men's singles competition at the Macau Open Super 300 badminton tournament with impressive victories on Wednesday.
Lakshya, the Commonwealth Games champion, defeated Korea's Jeon Hyeok Jin 21-8, 21-14, while world No. 31 Ayush overcame Chinese Taipei's Huang Yu Kai 21-10, 21-11. Tharun secured a win against fellow Indian Manraj Singh 21-19, 21-13.
Lakshya will next face the winner of the match between Indonesia's Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo and Rithvik Sanjeevi Satish Kumar. Ayush is set to compete against Malaysia's Justin Hoh, while Tharun will challenge top seed Lee Cheuk Yiu of Hong Kong in the second round.
In mixed doubles, fifth seeds Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto, ranked 18th in the world, defeated Thailand's Ratchapol Makkasasithorn and Nattamon Laisuan 21-10, 21-15 in a swift 26-minute match.
During an all-Indian men's doubles clash, P Krishnamurthy Roy and S Pratheek K overcame D Konthoujam and Amaan Mohammad 21-18, 21-19 to progress to the second round.
Sathish Kumar Karunakaran also faced defeat, losing to Malaysia's Justin Hoh 19-21, 12-21 in a 37-minute pre-quarterfinal match.
In women's singles, Unnati Hooda, who had previously upset two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu at the China Open last week, fought valiantly before succumbing 21-16, 19-21, 17-21 to Denmark's Julie Dawall Jakobsen in 59 minutes.
Anupama Upadhyaya struggled against Japan's Riko Gunji, losing 16-21, 10-21.
Sankar Subramanian and Aakarshi Kashyap suffered first-round defeats, losing 18-21, 14-21 to China's Hu Zhe An and 14-21, 16-21 to Japan's Nozomi Okuhara, respectively, in men's and women's singles.
Kiran George was outplayed by Hong Kong's Ng Ka Long Angus, losing 15-21, 10-21 in 31 minutes.
Anmol Kharb displayed determination before losing 21-23, 11-21 to Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan.
Former junior world No. 1 Tasnim Mir was overpowered 6-21, 14-21 by Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei in just 27 minutes.
In mixed doubles, Thandrangini Hema Nagendra Babu and Priya Konjengbam were defeated 11-21, 14-21 by Thailand's Phuwanat Horbanluekit and Fungfa Korpthammakit.
Ayush Agarwal and Shruti Mishra also exited in the opening round, losing 10-21, 11-21 to Indonesia's Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja.
India encountered another setback in mixed doubles, with the 34th-ranked pair of Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde losing 20-22, 17-21 to Chinese Taipei's Wu Guan Xun and Lee Chia Hsin in a 37-minute encounter.
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