Tharun Mannepalli and Lakeshya dream (pictures via x/@badmintonzeith) India enjoyed mixed wealth on Macau Open on Friday, with singles shuttlers Lakeshya Dream and Tharun Mannepalli advanced to the semifinals, while the pans of the couple Satwiksairaj Randireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered early ascents. Tharun, who was a surprising package of the tournament, continued his impressive form by defeating the Chinese Hu Ze’an, the current junior world champion, in a hard -fighting meeting with three games.23-year-old Indian took the opening game comfortably, hit the second, but held nerves to win 21-12, 13-21, 21-18 and closed the place in the last four. Previously, the highest seed of Lee Cheuk Yiu from Hong Kong amazed the highest seed. On Saturday, he will now face the Malaysian Justin Hoh in the semifinals, the players he defeated at the beginning this year in the Thailand Open. Lakeshya dream, Indian top singles and Olympic Games in Paris 2024, also book his semi -finals after a bold victory over the Chinese Xuan Chen Zhu. Dream, in the 17th place in the world, took the match 21-14, 18-21, 21-14 in just over an hour. This means his deepest run this season on the world tour BWF. In the finals the next will face the Indonesian Alwi Farhan.
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On the other hand, the Satwik and Chirag campaign stopped in pre -prevised games. The Indian duo, ranked ninth in the world, lost a close match of the three Malaysia Choong Hon Hon and Muhammad Haikal. Despite the fact that they led 17-12 in the judges, the Indians were pulling 21-14, 13-21, 22-20-the first defeat in the Malaysian pair.
