Lakshya, Tharun advance to Men’s singles semifinals

 In Badminton, second-seed Lakshya Sen has advanced to the Men’s singles semifinal of Macau Open after defeating Zhu Xuan Chen of China 21-14, 18-21, 21-14 at East Asian Games Dome today. He will next take on fifth seed Indonesian Alwi Farhan for a place in the final. Another Indian shuttler Tharun Mannepalli also entered the semifinal after knocking out Chinese shuttler Hu Zhe An 21-12, 13-21, 21-18.
        The world No. 9 men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be in action later in the day against the Malaysian duo Choong Hon Jian and Muhammad Haikal in Quarterfinal.