Mumbai, July 30: Star Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the men's doubles second round of the Macau Open Super 300 with a straight-game win over Malaysia's Low Hang Yee and Ng Eng Cheong here on Tuesday. 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. Macau Open 2025: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Eye Title Run; Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy Look To Regain Form Ahead of World Championships.

In women's singles, Anmol Kharb and Tasnim Mir advanced to the main draw after winning their respective qualification matches. Anmol defeated Azerbaijan's Keisha Fatimah Azzahra 21-11 21-13, while Tasnim overcame Thailand's Tidapron Kleebyeesun 21-14 13-21 21-17.

Tasnim will face top seed Chen Yu Fei of China in the opening round of the main draw, while Anmol is set to take on second seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand. 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.

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. Latest BWF Rankings 2025: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Re-Enter Top 10; Lakshya Sen, Unnati Hooda Make Gains in Singles.

The mixed doubles pair of Thandrangini Hema Nagendra Babu and Priya Konjengbam also made it to the main draw, where they will take on Thailand's Phuwanat Horbanluekit and Fungfa Korpthammakit. 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 duo surged ahead to 17-13 and sealed the match by winning four consecutive points. Meanwhile, Meiraba Luwang Maisnam failed to qualify for the main draw, going down 15-21 21-17 13-21 to China's Zhu Xuan Chen in the second round of qualification.

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