Now in their pre-quarters match-up, the 2022 French Open champions Satwiksairaj and Chirag will be locking horns with another Malaysian pair, Man Wei Chong and Tee Kai Wun.
The star men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty ended their India Open 2024 campaign as runners-up following a loss to reigning World Champions Kang Min Hyuk and Seo Seung Jae from South Korea at Delhi on Sunday. Satwiksairaj-Chirag lost the match by 21-15, 11-21, 18
This is 'Sat-Chi' registering their third successive loss in a tournament final. Before this, they lost in the final of the Malaysia Open early in January and the China Masters event in November last year.
The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organized function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on January 9, 2024 (Tuesday) at 11:00 hours, as per a press release from the ministry.
Since 2022, the duo has won five BWF World Tour titles, historic Thomas Cup, medals at World Championships, Asian Championships, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.
They played their fourth final of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour this year, having won other three of them - Swiss Open 2023, Indonesia Open 2023 and Korea Open 2023 - earlier this year.
India's star shuttler duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the semi-final of the ongoing China Masters on Friday with a third consecutive straight-set victory.
Prannoy and Satwiksairaj-Chirag both World Championships bronze medalists registered straight game wins to move to the pre-quarterfinals stage, as per Olympics.com.