Badminton
Macau Open 2024: Treesa/Gayatri, Kidambi into quarters, Sumeeth/Sikki exit-Highlights
The round of 16 fixtures of the Macau Open 2024 were played on Thursday at the Macao East Asian Games Dome.
Kidambi Srikanth and Treesa-Gayatri in action at the quarterfinals of Macau Open 2024.
The round of 16 matches of the 2024 Macau Open is here and there are quite a few Indian names who will be featuring in this round, at the Macau East Asian Games Dome.
Starting the day was mixed doubles pair Sumeeth Reddy and Sikki Reddy, who took on Malaysian duo Wang Teng Ci and Lim Chiew Sien.
Tasnim Mir of India was up against fourth-seed Tomoka Miyazaki of Japan, and India's highest-ranked women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gaytri Gopichand took on Chinese Taipei duo Lin Chih-Chun and Teng Chun Hsun.
Kidambi Srikanth was up against fellow Indian shuttler Ayush Shetty in his round of 16 match later.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 26 Sep 2024 7:34 AM GMT
Game 3, Mir 2-5 Miyazaki
After conceding two points, Miyazaki storms back with a five-point streak and has taken a three-point lead now.
- 26 Sep 2024 7:31 AM GMT
Game 3, Mir 2-0 Miyazaki
Tasnim Mir has made a strong start in the decider, making early inroads.
- 26 Sep 2024 7:29 AM GMT
Game 2, Mir 21-13 Miyazaki
Mir has won game two and the match will now head into a decider.
After finishing game one strongly despite losing, Mir continued with the same momentum and dominated game two, especially after the mid-game break and has levelled things up 1-1.
Who will come out on top in the decider?
- 26 Sep 2024 7:26 AM GMT
Game 2, Mir 18-11 Miyazaki
Mir is just three away from making it 1-1 and taking this match into a decider!
- 26 Sep 2024 7:24 AM GMT
Game 2, Mir 16-10 Miyazaki
Six point lead for the Indian!
She is carrying on her fine run and is heaping the pressure on the fourth-seed!
- 26 Sep 2024 7:24 AM GMT
Game 2, Mir 14-10 Miyazaki
Tasnim Mir increases her lead to four points!
She gets there with a wonderful cross court smash, putting it out of the reach of Miyazaki.
- 26 Sep 2024 7:21 AM GMT
Game 2, Mir 11-9 Miyazaki
Brilliant from Mir!
She heads into the second game break with a two-point lead!
She has put the Japanese under pressure and with momentum on her side, she can really make it count.
- 26 Sep 2024 7:20 AM GMT
Game 2, Mir 9-8 Miyazaki
In a brilliant turn of events, Tasnim Mir has taken the lead over Miyazaki for the first time in this match!
Can she build on it?
