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Macau Open 2025: Two Indians Qualify For The Semi-Finals

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  It was a good day for the Indian shuttlers as Lakshya Sen and Tharun Mannepalli registered victories to move into the semi-finals of the Super 300 Macau Open played at Macau on 1 st August 2025.   Tharun Mannepalli continued his brilliant run in the tournament with an impressive win over current junior World Champion Hu Za of China. It was a closely fought affair in the initial stages of the first game as both players took alternate points. At the mid-game break, Tharun had a 11-9 lead. After the break, Tharun showed his domination to win the first game comfortably by 21-12. Hu Za began the second game on a good note taking 6-3 lead and continued his domination to take commanding 11-6 lead at the break. After the interval, it was one-way traffic by Chinese winning second game easily by 21-13. Tharun Mannepalli made a strong start to the third game putting enough pressure on Hu Za with smashes and not allowing any chances for his opponent. At the mid-game break, the ...

Indonesia Open 2025: Indian Shuttlers Participation

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  The third Super 1000 event of the year, Indonesia Open will begin from tomorrow onwards with top Indian shuttlers looking to regain form. Lakshya Sen will face the top seed Shi Y Q in the first round. He has been struggling since losing in the bronze medal of the Paris Olympics. Sen retired in the third game during first round match of Singapore Open against Lin C Y of Chinese Taipei. HS Prannoy faces hosts A Farhan in the first round. He will look show glimpses and go ahead in the tournament. Kiran George suffered first round loss during Singapore Open 2025. He will face Loh Kiean Yew of Singapore. The women’s section will see PV Sindhu takes on Nozomi Okhuara in the first round. She showed glimpses before going down in three sets to Chen Yu Fei in second round of Singapore Open. Anupama Upadhyay has tough ask ahead as she faces Kim G-Eun of South Korea in the first round. Malvika Bansod will face Kusuma Wardani of Indonesia in the first round. It will be an interest...

Singapore Open 2025: Doubles Pairs enter into round 2

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  It was a good day for the Indian shuttlers as both men’s and women’s doubles pairing entered into the second of the Super 750 Singapore Open played on 28 th May 2025. The dynamic duo of Satwiksairaj RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty returned to action after long injury layoff. They defeated Malaysian pair of Choong HJ and M Haikal in two straight games. Satwik and Chirag struggled initially before coming onto their own putting the Malaysian pair under pressure. It was an impressive win by the duo winning with a scoreline of 21-16, 21-13. They will face Gutama and Isfahani of Indonesia. The women’s doubles pair of Tressa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand edged past Chang C-h and Yang C-t of Chinese pair in three thrilling games. It was a closely fought start in the first game before Jolly and Gayatri raced part to their opponent winning first game by 21-14. The second game started on an even keel as both pairs took alternate points. It ebbed and flowed before Chang and Yang came back ...

India Open 2025: Indian Shuttlers Participation In The Tournament

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  The Indian Shuttlers will look to perform well in the Super 750 India Open that will start from 14 th January onwards. Satwik/Chirag Shetty was the bright spot in the Super 1000 Malaysia Open as they reached the semi-finals. HS Prannoy and the women’s doubles pairing of Tressa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, Malvika Bansod suffered losses in the second round. Lakshya Sen’s poor form continued as he lost during the first round. Here we look at India’s Participation in the Super 750 India Open 2025 First Round Men’s Singles - Lakshya Sen vs Weng HY (First Round) Pranshu Rajawat vs Kodai Naraoka (Japan) HS Prannoy vs Su L-y of Chinese Taipei. Women’s Singles Akarshi Kashyap vs Pornpwee Chochouwong (Thailand) Malvika Bansod vs Han Yue (China) PV Sindhu vs Anupama Upadhyaya (India) Men’s Doubles Satwik/Chirag Shetty vs Man W C/Tee KW (Malaysia) Krishnamurthy Roy/KS Prateek vs Mitsuhashi/Okamura (Japan) Women’s Doubles A Gahlawat/S Gahlawat vs Hu LF/Jheng FC (...

Malaysia Open 2025: Satwik/Chirag Shetty Enters Semi-Finals

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  The Indian pairing of Satwiksairaj RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty cruised past their Malaysian opponent in straight sets to enter the semi-finals of the Super 1000 Malaysia Open played at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur on 10 th January 2025. Right from the word go, it was a closely fought affair as both pairs showed class with their shots keeping their opponents under pressure. At the mid-game break, Ong and Teo had a slender lead. After the break, it ebbed and flowed with both pairs not able to convert match point. Satwik/Chirag fought back strongly to level the scores at 24-24. They eventually won the first game 26-24. The second game saw Ong/Teo put on an excellent display of badminton putting Satwik/Chirag under pressure with their service and smashes. Satwik/Chirag made promises but did not capitalize on the chances. At the mid-game break, the Malaysian pair had an 11-8 lead. Satwik/Chirag then showed their prowess with smashes to level the scores at 11-11. The Indian duo put...