Malaysia Open: Satwik-Chirag pair lost in the final, now they will show their strength in India Open

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India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy And Chirag Shetty On Sunday, China lost to the world number one pair of Liang Wei Keng and Wang in a hard-fought match in the men’s doubles final of the Malaysia Open Super 1000 badminton tournament. In this way he had to be content with becoming the runner-up. Both the pairs performed well but the Asian Games gold medal winning pair of Satwik and Chirag could not take advantage of winning the first game and taking 11-7 lead in the deciding game. In the end they had to face defeat from Liang and Wang 21-9, 18-21, 17-21.

Satwik said this after the match

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy said after the match, ‘We are happy that finally we were able to play in a tournament but there is a bit of disappointment because we failed to withstand the pressure.’ He said, ‘When the match was at a crucial juncture, we were under more pressure than them and we made mistakes. However, they kept the pressure on us. Hopefully, next time we will be successful in taking revenge from them.

India’s fourth defeat by the Chinese pair

This is the fourth defeat of the Indian pair at the hands of Liang and Wang. These two pairs faced each other four times last year, in which the Chinese pair was successful in winning three matches. Meanwhile, Satwik and Chirag had defeated their rival team only in the Korea Open Super 500 tournament. Satwik and Chirag had dominated the first game from the beginning and had a lead of seven points till the interval. Even after this, the Indian pair continued their good performance and won the first game easily.

Indian pair lagged behind in the second game

However, the Chinese pair made a good comeback in the second game and took an 8-2 lead. Liang and Wang were ahead 11-6 till the interval. The Indian pair made some mistakes while trying to make a comeback, taking advantage of which the Chinese pair won the game and leveled the match. Satwik and Chirag made a great start in the third and deciding game and at one point they were ahead 10-3.

Now turn of India Open

Liang and Wang first leveled the score at 12-12 and then did not look back. They secured four championship points, of which the Indian players could defend only one. Satwik and Chirag will now participate in the India Open Super 750 tournament starting in New Delhi from Tuesday.

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