Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in motion© X (Twitter)
The widespread males’s doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have been knocked out of the continued Malaysian Open badminton event within the semifinal stage in Kuala Lumpur. On Saturday, the seventh-seeded Indian duo was defeated by South Korea’s Kim Won-ho and Seo Seung-Jae 10-21, 15-21 in a relatively one-sided match inside 40 minutes, bringing an finish to the Indian problem on the Malaysian Open. “They played well,” Satwik summed up as quoted by Olympics.com. “We saw them playing well earlier in the tournament as well and we were prepared. But I felt they played really well today… They did not give away any easy points and made us work hard for every point.”
“We followed our game plan.. But kudos to them. Disappointed but it was a good tournament for us,” Satwik added.
Currently positioned ninth in males’s doubles rankings, ‘Sat-Chi’ have been on the backfoot proper from the beginning, trailing by 6-11 within the first sport and shedding it in simply 19 minutes.
The Indian duo made a comeback throughout the second sport, main by 11-8. However, they did not maintain this momentum and misplaced the match.
“We started to be a little more calmer in the second game right from the first point but credit to them. Maybe we gave away a few easy points,” mentioned Chirag.
Kim Won-ho secured the combined doubles silver medal on the Paris 2024 Olympics whereas his accomplice Seo Seung-Jae is the present males’s and combined doubles world champion.
In the earlier version of the Malaysian Open final yr, Satwik-Chirag had completed as runners-up.
In the sooner rounds, Olympians Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy confronted an exit and couldn’t make a lot impression. India Open will probably be happening in Delhi from Tuesday onwards and can witness these stars in motion once more.
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