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BWF World Championship 2025: Satwik/Chirag Ensures India Medal, Other Two Knocked Out

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  The men’s doubles pairing of Satwik/Chirag Shetty ensured a medal with a commanding win over their fancied opponent Aaron Chia and Soh of Malaysia while PV Sindhu & Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto knocked out of the tournament in the quarterfinals of the BWF World Championship 2025 played at Paris on 29 th August. Satwik/Chirag Shetty produced one of their best performances with a straight game win over the 2 nd seeded Malaysian pair Aaron Chia and Soh of Malaysia. The first game began with a long 59 rally shots before Indian pairing gets the point. Satwik/Chirag got six successive points at the start to build pressure on Malaysian pair. It was a dominating performance by Satwik/Chirag as they enter into mid-break with 11-5 lead. After the break, the fight for points continued with another long rally coming to 49 shots. Satwik/Chirag looked in sublime touch to win the first game easily at 21-12. The second game started with Satwik/Chirag taking the initial points befo...

Macau Open 2025: Indian Shuttlers Participation

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  The top Indian shuttlers will take part in the Super 300 Macau Open 2025 starting from tomorrow onwards. HS Prannoy suffered second round loss to Chou Tien Chen in the China Open tournament, will face qualifier 2 YS Marcellyno of Indonesia. He would look to produce a strong showing ahead of the World Championship tournament. Lakshya Sen will face Jeon H-J of South Korea in the first round. He will be looking to comeback strongly after losing to Li Shifeng of China during opening round of the Super 1000 China Open tournament. M Singh will face Tarun Mannepalli in all India first round match. Ayush Shetty would be returning to the court as he would take on Huang Y-k of Chinese Taipei. S Karunakaran will face take on Justin Hoh of Malaysia. If both Indian shuttlers win their first round matches they would feature in the second-round match. Kiran George will face a tough ask taking on Na Ka Long Anus of Hong Kong. R Sanjeevi would look to produce a good performance as he will...

Indonesia Open 2025: Satwik/Chirag loses in quarterfinals

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  The dynamic Indian duo of Satwik/Chirag lost to Man W C and Tee KW of Malaysia in the quarterfinals of the Super 1000 Indonesian Open 2025 played at Jakarta on 6 th June. Both pairs started the first game on a positive note keeping pressure on each other. Tee and Man showed their aggression with smashes and putting Indian pair under pressure. At the mid-game break, Malaysian pair had 11-9 lead. After the break, Satwik/Chirag Shetty took 3 points in succession to take 1 point lead.  Malaysian pair showed their skills putting pressure on Indian pair taking decent lead. Satwik/Chirag fought back strongly to level the scores. The match ebbed and flowed before Tee and Man won the first game by 21-19.  The second game began initially with alternate points before Man and Tee showed their class putting Satwik/Chirag under immense pressure. At the mid-game break, Malaysian pair had a commanding 11-5 lead. After the interval, Satwik/Chirag fought back strongly to reduce the ...

Singapore Open 2025: Satwik/Chirag Enter Semi-Finals

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  The dynamic Indian duo of Satwik/Chirag Shetty entered into the semi-finals with a dominating win over new World number 1 Goh SF and Izzudin of Malaysia in the Super 750 Singapore Open event played on 30 th May 2025. The first game began with both pairs earning alternate points till 7-7. Satwik/Chirag Shetty kept the pressure on the Malaysian pair with smashes not allowing them any chances. At the mid-game break, Satwik/Chirag led 11-8. After the break, the Indian pairing continued their domination briefly before Malaysian pair tried to make a comeback. Satwik/Chirag won the first game comfortably by 21-17. The second game also began on a even keel with both pairs taking alternate points. Satwik/Chirag Shetty dominated with excellent shots keeping the momentum going. At the mid-game break, the Indian pair took a good lead. Malaysian pair put on a decent effort to make a comeback; it was not enough as Satwik/Chirag won with scoreline of 21-15 moving into the semi-finals. Sa...

Malaysia Open 2025: Satwik/Chirag Shetty Crash Out

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  It was a sad end for Satwik/Chirag Shetty as they lost in the semi-finals of the Super 1000 Malaysia Open 2025 played at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur on 11 th January. Kim/Seo looked in aggressive touch right from the word go putting pressure on Satwik/Chirag Shetty with their smashes and drop shots. The South Korean pair dominated not allowing the Indian pair any chances and making life tough. At the mid-game interval, Kim and Seo had a commanding 11-6 lead. After the break, it was a one-way traffic for the Korean pair as they showed their domination, winning the first game easily by 21-10. The second game began on an even keel with both pairs taking alternate points. Satwik/Chirag showed their aggression keeping the South Korean pair on the backfoot. At the mid-game break, the Indian pair had an 11-8 lead. After the break, Kim/Seo made a strong comeback to level scores at 12-12 and then dominated the play. Satwik/Chirag looked out of sorts as they struggled to keep up with t...

Swiss Open 2023: Satwiksairaj RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty 1st title of season

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 The men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty created history as they won the Super 300 Swiss Open title played at Basel, Switzerland on 26 th March 2023.   It was an impressive performance by Chirag and Satwik showing their attacking style of play putting the Chinese pairing of Ren Xiangyu and Tan Qiang in two thrilling games. The match began with both pairs showing their class with attacking moves and smashes before Satwik and Chirag took an 11-8 lead at the mid-game interval in the first game. After the break, the match was even with both pairs dominating on the smashes. The Chinese pair fought back to level the scores at 19-19. Satwik and Chirag kept their calm to win the first set at 21-19. The second game was again a closely fought affair as both pairs kept hitting smashes. At the mid-game interval, Satwik and Chirag led 11-9. After the break, it was another close affair with both pairs fighting for each point. The Indian pair struggled to h...

Hylo Open 2022: Indian shuttlers progress into quarterfinals

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 The Indian shuttlers had a brilliant day most of them reached the quarterfinals stage at the Super 300 Hylo Open played in Germany on 3 rd November 2022. Satwiksaiaraj RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Rory Easton and Z Russ of England in three games. The first game was a close-fought affair as both pairs took alternate points, Easton and Russ held onto their nerves to win it by 24-22. The second game was also a close-fought start before Satwik and Chirag Shetty played aggressive badminton with smashes winning it easily by 21-15 to force the game into the decider. Satwik and Chirag looked in complete control winning nine successive points to put the England pair under immense pressure. It was a dominating performance by the Indian pair winning the third game easily at 21-11 to move into the quarterfinals. They will now face Ben Lane and S Vendy of England. The pre-qualifier KP Garaga and Panjala lost to much fancied Denmark pair of Kim Astrup and Rasmussen in straight...

French Open 2022: Satwik and Chirag Shetty create history

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 The World number 8 Indian pairing of SatwikRankiReddy and Chirag Shetty created history as they won the Super 750 French Open against the Chinese Taipei pair in straight sets played in Paris on 30 th October 2022. It was an aggressive start for the Indian pairing right from the word go putting pressure on Lu Ching and Yang Po. Satwik and Chirag showed their class not allowing their Chinese Taipei a chance into the game. At the mid-game interval, the Indian pair had an 11-5 lead. After the break, Satwik and Chirag looked in complete control winning the first game easily at 21-13. The second game saw initially both pairs fighting for each point before Satwik and Chirag Shetty showed their domination with smashes. At the mid-game interval, the Indian pairing had an 11-5 lead and looked good to win the title. After the break, Satwik and Chirag made unforced errors allowing the Chinese Taipei to make a comeback. Lu and Yang leveled the scores at 15-15 before both pairs took altern...

French Open 2022: Satwik and Chirag enter finals

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 The Indian duo of Satwiksairaj RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Choi Sol Gyu and Kim Wo Ho of South Korea in the semi-finals of the Super 750 French Open played in Paris on Saturday. It was an aggressive start for the Indian pair with a 2-0 lead before the Korean equaled the scores at 7-7. Satwik and Chirag put enough pressure on Choi and Kim with an 11-7 lead at the break. After the interval, the Indian pairing looked impressive not allowing their opponents to settle. Satwik and Chirag Shetty struggled as they were hitting out or net, but the Korean pair managed to reduce the lead to just 1 point to 18-19. Choi produced an error to give the Indians two game points. Chirag Shetty showed his class with an accurate smash to give the first game at 21-18. The second game saw both pairs with rallies with alternate points at 3-3. Chirag and Satwik put enough pressure on the Korean pair not allowing them to settle with brilliant shots. Korean pair made a strong comeback reduci...

French Open 2022: Satwik/Chirag move into the semi-finals

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 The men’s doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj RankiReddy/Chirag Shetty stunned the number 1-seeded Japanese pair in the Super 750 French Open played in Paris on Friday. It was an amazing performance by the Indian pairing of Satwik and Chirag Shetty as they kept on their nerves against the top-seeded Japanese pair Tauro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi in two thrilling games. Both pairs started putting up a good fight taking alternate points. The Indian pairing of Satwik and Chirag put pressure on the Japanese pairing taking an 11-9 lead at the break. After the interval, the Indian showed great fighting spirit to maintain the lead. Satwik and Chirag took 3 points in succession to lead 20-15. The match looked finished, but the top-seeded Japanese pair fought back strongly equalling the scores at 20-20. Satwik and Chirag held onto their nerves as they won the first game 23-21. The second game was a closely fought game as both pairs took alternate points till 7-7. Hoki and Kobayashi increase...