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.
In a nail-biting three-game men's doubles final, Satwiksairaj-Chirag defeated the world No. 1 Indonesian team of Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto 17-21, 21-13, 21-14 to win the Korea Open 2023 championship on Sunday in Yeosu, South Korea.
Badminton Association of India (BAI) media took to their Twitter handle to share the video of the duo Satwik-Chirag dancing after their third title Super 500 title win.
This is the third Super 500 title of their career so far after Thailand Open 2019 and Yonex Sunrise India Open 2022 and the third BWF World Tour title in 2023 as well, having previously won the Swiss Open 2023 (Super 300) and Indonesia Open 2023 (Super 1000) earlier this year.
The Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty booked their place into the final of the Korea Open 2023 badminton tournament at the Jinnam Stadium in Yeosu on Saturday.
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.
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.
"Feels really nice to hear that we are number three. We always wanted to be among the best consistently. Consistency matters in world rankings. We are happy with the way we are playing. We never really focused on rankings, and never discussed it. We just focused on doing well in tournamen
India's men's doubles badminton pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated the second-seeded Malaysian pair of Aaron Chia and Wooi Yik Soh 21-17, 21-18 to claim India's first-ever BWF Super 1000 World Tour title in the final of the Indonesian Open played in Jakarta on Sunday.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty climbed up three spots in the latest BWF World Rankings to become the world no. 3 duo in men's doubles, achieving their new career-high ranking.