A few stellar Indian men Satwiksairaj Ranlreddy and Chirag Shetty launched the Macau Open Super 300 campaign with a commanding victory with straight games, while the top female doubled Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand in surprising upset.
Satwik and Chirag, the ruling Asian Games champagne, showed their class with a clinical victory of 21-13, 21-15 over Malaysia with low Yee Hang and NG ENG Cheong. The match, which lasted only 36 minutes, marked a confident return for an Indian couple, who also won its place in the first 10 BWF ranking on Tuesday.
The Indian duo came to the flying start and in the opening game rushed to the lead 6-1. Although the Malaysian couple briefly closed the gap to 10-9, Satwik and Chirag increased Ante to seal the first game 21-13. The other game saw a stiffer resistance, while the Malays at one point watched only 13-14. However, the Indians joined four consecutive points to pull away and wrap the match without much stir.
On the other hand, disappointment in female doubles when the best -deployed Indian couple Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand fell on the Chinese Taipei Lin Xiao min and Pengu Yu Wei. Despite the first game 21-16, the Indians lost dynamics and finally dropped 21-16, 20-22, 15-21 in a hard battle that lasted an hour.
In women’s singles, young people Anmol Kharb and Tasnim Mir moved to the main draw after winning the qualifying matches. Anmol released around Azerbaijan Keish Fatimah Azzahra 21-11, 21-13, while Tasnim fought for the victory of three games over the Thai Cleebyees (21-14, 13-21, 21-17). Hard challenges await both players in the main draw – Tasnim will face the highest seed and Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei from China, while Anmol will take over Thailand’s second seed Busan ongbamrungphan.
In the male double, the Indian pair of Singh contoujam and Amaan Mohammad proceeded to the main draw with a victory of 21-18, 21-17 over the Hong Kong law, Cheuk Ho and Yeung Shing Choi. Now they will face compatrivals Pruthvi Krishnamurty Roy and Sai Pratheek K in an all-Indian clash.
India also recorded a representation in mixed doubles with Thandrangini Hema Nagendra Babu and Priya Konjengbam and booked its place in the main draw. They are scheduled to meet the Thai Phuwanat Horbanluekit and Fungfa Korpthammakit in their opening round.
In the men’s singles, however, there was a failure because Meirab Luwang Maisnam failed to get around the qualifying phase, in the second round he lost 15-21, 21-17, 13-21 on the Chinese Zhu Xuan Chen.
While the dominant display Satwik and Chirag increased the hope of deep run, the early departure of Trees and Gayatri came as a blow to the Indian campaign in the women’s doubles category.
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Published:
Saurabh Kumar
Published on:
29. July 2025
