The Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty crashed out in the quarterfinals of the ongoing Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships at the Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
The world number two men's doubles pair defeated the world number 10 pair of Leo Rolly Carnando & Daniel Marthin of Indonesia in their round of 16 match.
India's top-ranked men's doubles pair at world number two, 'Sat-Chi' as the duo is known, beat the Australian pair of Zhe Hooi Choo and Ming Chuen Lim, ranked world number 156
Hailing from Andhra Pradesh, Satwiksairaj joined the Pullela Gopichand Academy in 2014 and pursued excellence in doubles competition. Rest is history as along with Chirag, he went on to win many historic titles for India and even registered his name in the Guinness Book of World Records.&
Satwiksairaj and Chirag, currently ranked at number three in Badminton World Federation Rankings (BWF), clinched the Korean Open title on Saturday after overcoming a challenge from top-ranked Indonesia pair of Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto in the final.