The star Indian men's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty made history on Sunday by clinching the Badminton Asia Championships gold medal. It is India's second medal at the tournament after 1965 and their first in the men's doubles category.
The star Indian men's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty made history on Sunday by clinching the Badminton Asia Championships gold medal. It is India's second medal at the tournament after 1965 and their first in the men's doubles category.
Shetty-Rankireddy, sixth in the badminton rankings, got the better of the world No. 21 Chinese pair 21-19, 24-22 to win their first title of the 2023 badminton season.
Chirag and Satwiksairaj downed the Malaysian pair of Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi. This was Chirag and Satwiksairaj's third win against Sin and Yi in six matches.
The Indian badminton duo of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy is the last remaining Indian challenge at this year's Swiss Open. Even with the added pressure the duo managed to book their place in the semi-finals of the Swiss Open. They defeated the world No. 27 Danish pair of Jeppe B
Current World No. 19 Lakshya Sen, who had lost to Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen in the All England Open final last year, lost 21-13, 21-15 to world No. 18 Antonsen in the round of 16 of the BWF Super 1000 event.
India's star men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty made a winning start to their India Open title defence with a win over Scotland duo of Christopher and Matthew Grimley in the first round at Delhi on Tuesday.