Badminton Asia Championship: The wait of 58 years is over, Chirag-Satwik pair won gold for the country in the Asia Championship
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Dubai: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty ended a wait of 58 years to win the men’s doubles gold for India at the Asian Badminton Championships. The World Championship 2022 bronze medalist pair made a stunning comeback from down the first game to beat Malaysian pair of Ong Yew Sin and Teo Yee Yee 16-21, 21-17, 21-19. The pair of Satwik and Chirag is also the first Indian doubles pair to win gold at the Asia Championships. Earlier, only Dinesh Khanna had won gold for India in this championship when he defeated Thailand’s Sangob Rattanusorn in the men’s singles final in Lucknow in 1965. Was. Prior to this, the best performance of the Indian men’s doubles team in this championship has been a bronze medal, which was won by Dipu Ghosh and Raman Ghosh in 1971.
Satwik and Chirag, who won the Swiss Open Super 300 title in Basel, did not give up despite losing the first game and fought back from 7-13 down in the second game and 11-15 in the third game. This is the second title of the season for this pair. He won five career titles last year at the Commonwealth Games and on the BWF Tour. 22 year old Satwik from Amalapuram and 25 year old Chirag from Mumbai showed very aggressive game. The first game was a draw in which the Malaysian pair prevailed.
Satwik and Chirag, who won the Swiss Open Super 300 title in Basel, did not give up despite losing the first game and fought back from 7-13 down in the second game and 11-15 in the third game. This is the second title of the season for this pair. He won five career titles last year at the Commonwealth Games and on the BWF Tour. 22 year old Satwik from Amalapuram and 25 year old Chirag from Mumbai showed very aggressive game. The first game was a draw in which the Malaysian pair prevailed.
In the second game too, the Malaysian pair took the lead. The Indian pair came back from 8-13 down. On Teo’s mistake, Satwik turned the match around with a powerful backhand smash. The Indian pair took the lead at 18-15. After this, the match was drawn in the deciding game by taking three points. The technical skill of the Malaysian pair was commendable in the deciding game as they took an 11-8 lead. The Indian pair narrowed the gap to 14-15 and then went ahead at 17-16. Chirag’s smashes on the backhand sealed the match for the Indian pair.
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