Malaysia Open: Satwik-Chirag in next round, Prannoy lost in first round
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The Indian men’s doubles team of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty started the new season with a win and entered the second round of the Malaysia Open Super 1000 badminton tournament on Wednesday, while Asian Games bronze medalist HS Prannoy lost in the first round.
The second number doubles pair of Satwik and Chirag defeated the Indonesian pair of Mohammad Shohibul Fikri and Maulana Bagas 21-18, 21-19 in 44 minutes. The world number nine pair had defeated the Indian pair twice last year in Thailand Open and China Open. Prannoy, ranked eighth in the world, lost 14-21, 11-21 to Anders Antonsen of Denmark, ranked one place below him, in 43 minutes.
The pair of Satwik and Chirag, who had reached the semi-finals of this tournament in the last phase, would like to continue their good performance and reach further in the draw. The second seeded pair of Satwik and Chirag were in great form last year as they won the Super 1000 title at the Hangzhou Asiad, Indonesia, the Korea Open Super 500 title and the Swiss Open Super 300 title, giving them a career-best number one ranking for a short period of time. Had also achieved.
The Indian pair dominated the first game with powerful smashes to take an 8-4 lead and then never went back to win it. In the second game, the Indian pair was trailing most of the time but once the score was tied at 19-19, they won by scoring the last two points.
Prannoy also had a brilliant last season in which he won the Malaysia Masters Super 500 title apart from winning bronze medals at the World Championship and Asiad. But in the opening match of the season he could not match the pace of his opponent. Lakshya Sen will start his campaign against Weng Hong Yang of China.
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