Chirag-Satwik will be facing the second seed and world number two duo of Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang of the Republic of China in their semi-final clash on Saturday.
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Badminton Association of India (BAI) and Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) on a plea challenging the new criteria for trial for the Asian Para Games 2023 to be held in China in October.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, the third seeds and world No. 3, defeated the 16th-ranked duo of He Jiting and Zhou Haodong of the Republic of China 21-17, 21-15 in 43 minutes.
Former badminton world champion and current world number 17, PV Sindhu, announced that former Malaysian shuttler Muhammad Hafiz Hashim will be her new coach.
Varun said that he started to play badminton at the age of seven. The shuttler said that Chinese player Lin Dan, who is a two-time Olympic champion and five-time World Champion, is his role model.
Notably, it was Shifeng that Sen had defeated in the final of the men's singles competition at the Canada Open recently on July 9 by 21-18, 22-20 within two straight games to win his fourth BWF World Tour title after Dutch Open, SaarLorLux Open (2019) and Indian Open (2022).