Macau Open 2024: Kidambi wins first round, Sumeeth-Sikki advance to round of 16
India’s Kidambi Srikanth defeated Israel’s Daniil Dubovenko 21-14, 21-15 in the men’s singles first-round match at the Macau Open on Wednesday.
Published : Sep 25, 2024 12:03 IST , Chennai - 1 MIN READ
FILE PHOTO: Kidambi Srikanth in action. | Photo Credit: PTI
India’s Kidambi Srikanth defeated Israel’s Daniil Dubovenko 21-14, 21-15 in the men’s singles first-round match at the Macau Open on Wednesday.
In the mixed doubles round of 32, Sumeeth Reddy/Sikky Reddy beat Malaysian duo Loo Bing Kun/Ho Lo Ee 24-22, 10-21, 21-13. Rohan Kumar/Ruthvika Shivani, however, put up a strong fight against Ruttanapak Oupthong/Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat but lost 23-21, 24-22.
In the women’s singles round of 32, Tanya Hemath lost to Liang Ting Yu 18-21, 19-21. Anupama Upadhyaya fell short in the last game and lost to Riko Gunji 12-21, 22-20, 7-21.
Mithun Manjunath was defeated by Huang Yu Kai 12-21, 15-21 in a round of 32 match in the men’s singles. Meanwhile, Ayush Shetty beat fellow countryman Alap Mishra in straight games. (21-13, 21-5).
Sameer Verma took the first game but eventuially lost to Wang Zheng Xing 21-18, 11-21, 13-21.
More to follow..