In its eighth edition, the World Tour Finals is the end of the badminton season and the BWF World Tour, in which the top eight players and duos from different categories, as per the Race to World Tour Finals badminton rankings, compete, as per Olympics.com.
India's Ayush Shetty, ranked 32nd in the men's singles badminton world rankings, stunned Japan's world No. 9 Kodai Naraoka, defeating him 21-17, 21-16 in a thrilling one-hour, eight-minute match at the Australian Open 2025 in Sydney, securing his spot in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
The Indian pair made a slow start, trailing 6-2 in the opening game, but rallied to level the contest with four consecutive points. Chang Ko-chi and Po Li-wei regained an advantage at 9-7, but Chirag and Satwiksairaj kept responding, pulling level again at 9-9 and later at 16-16.
As per Olympics.com, they faced a loss to the unseeded Indonesian pair of pair of Rahmat Hidayat and Muhammad Rian Ardianto, going down to them within just 42 minutes by 21-18, 22-20 in a match that was close, but yet so one-sided, as evident by a two-game finish.
Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty bowed out of the ongoing Denmark Open 2025 tournament after losing their semi-final clash here on Saturday.
India's ace men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the semi-finals of the men's doubles in the Denmark Open 2025 badminton tournament in Denmark on Friday, with a 21-15, 18-21, 21-16 win over Indonesia's unseeded pair Muhammad Rian Ardianto-Rahmat Hidaya
Indian men's singles shuttler Lakshya Sen and men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won their respective games in the opening round of the Denmark Open 2025 and marched into the pre-quarterfinals of the competition.
Sen has had a poor run in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour so far, with 10 first-round exits this year. His best result was a runner-up finish at the Hong Kong Open last month, as per Olympics.com.
India's highly rated men's pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty once again fell short of the gold medal dream after they came up short in the final at the China Masters on Sunday.
The Indian pair dominated their semifinal clash against the Chinese pair of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, beating them 21-17, 21-14 in a dominant two-game match within 41 minutes on Saturday.