Tharun, Lakshya Sen enter quarterfinals of Macau Open

India’s Tharun Mannepalli shocked prime seed #Lee Cheuk Yiu of #Hong Kong to enter the quarterfinals of the Macau Open together with compatriot #Lakshya Sen right here on Thursday (July 31, 2025).

Tharun rallied splendidly to outwit Lee, a world No. 15, 19-21, 21-14, 22-20 in a match that went previous the hour-mark.

The 23-year-old, holder of world No. 47 rating, now has reached his second quarterfinals of a Super 300 event after coming into the final eight on the German Open in February.

In the quarterfinals, Tharun will face world No. 87 Hu Zhe An of #China.

Later, Commonwealth Games champion #Lakshya Sen fought previous #Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo of #Indonesia 21-14, 14-21, 21-17 to enter the last-eight stage.

However, #Ayush Shetty was ousted after a 18-21, 16-21 loss to Malaysia’s #Justin Hoh.

In the ladies’s singles India’s Rakshitha Ramraj went down towards #Busanan Ongbamrungphan of #Thailand 21-14, 10-21, 11-21 in a match that lasted 51 minutes.

In the combined doubles, fifth-seeded Indian duo of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto misplaced to Malaysia’s Jimmy Wong and Lai Pei Jing 21-19, 13-21, 18-21.

In the lads’s doubles, Pruthvi Roy and Okay. Sai Pratheek misplaced to fourth-seeded Junaidi Arif and Roy King Yap of Malaysia 18-21, 18-21.

In later matches, ace second seeded males’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will meet Japan’s Kakeru Kumagai and Hiroki Nishi.

In the ladies’s doubles, Priya Konjengbam and Shruti Mishra will tussle towards the eighth-seeded Meilysa Puspitasari and Rachel Rose of #Indonesia.