FUJIWARA AND SAWAKI STUN #2 SEEDS TO REACH SEMIFINALS
| May 29, 2026
Rika Fujiwara and Kei Sawaki pulled off the biggest result of the day at the Macao Open 2026, knocking out #2 seeds Yu-chieh Hsieh and Yufei Long 2-11, 11-6, 11-8 in the Women’s Doubles quarterfinals. The unseeded Japanese pair were 2-11 down in the first and it looked done. Fujiwara and Sawaki thought otherwise, winning back-to-back games to book their place in the semifinals.
Fujiwara and Sawaki will face #3 seeds Jamie Haas and Pei-Chuan Kao in the semifinals, while #1 seeds Xiao Yi Wang-Beckvall and Lingwei Kong take on Ho Tam and Mihae Kwon on the other side. Fujiwara also has a Women’s Singles semifinal against Ho Tam tomorrow. A full-on day ahead.
Long and Wong take down #1 seeds in Mixed Doubles
Yufei Long and Hong Kit Wong made the most of their #7 seeding, beating #1 seeds Lingwei Kong and Len Yang 11-5, 8-11, 11-1 in the Mixed Doubles quarterfinals. The collision had been circled since the brackets dropped and it delivered. Kong and Yang took the second game to level, but Long and Wong ran away with the decider. It was one way traffic with the pair conceding just a single point.
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It was a tough day for Kong on her PPA Tour Asia debut. She and Yang carried the #1 seed but were unable to convert it into a semifinal spot. Kong is still alive in Women’s Doubles as the #1 seed with Wang-Beckvall.
Finnerty beats two seeds to reach Men’s Singles semifinal
Matthew Finnerty did not make it out of qualifying on his PPA Tour Asia debut at the Panas Kuala Lumpur Open earlier this month, losing to Timothy Foo in three games. Two weeks later he has beaten two seeds in straight sets to reach the Men’s Singles semifinals in Macao. The Brit beat #5 seed Mitchell Hargreaves 11-8, 11-3 in the Round of 16 and then backed it up with an 11-9, 11-6 win over #4 seed Luc Pham in the quarterfinals.
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He faces #2 seed Tama Shimabukuro in the semifinals. Shimabukuro is yet to win a Men’s Singles medal in Asia despite reaching the latter stages across multiple tournaments. He fell short of the final at the Panas Kuala Lumpur Open earlier this month and will be looking to go one further. On the other side, #1 seed Hong Kit Wong faces #3 seed Kenta Miyoshi.
Xie upsets #2 seed Huang in Women’s Singles
Anni Xie continued her impressive run through the Women’s Singles draw, beating #2 seed Albie Huang 11-8, 11-7 in the quarterfinals. The unseeded Chinese player had already dispatched Athilla Azhar in the Round of 16 and looked composed throughout against Huang.
Xie faces #1 seed Yufei Long in the semifinals. On the other side, #3 seed Rika Fujiwara takes on Ho Tam, who upset #4 seed Sophia Phuong Anh Tran in three games.
Check out the complete results from today here.
