World Badminton Championship: Satwik-Chirag’s blast, entry in quarter finals

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Copenhagen, Denmark). The pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty has entered the quarterfinals of the World Badminton Championships.

Commonwealth Games men’s doubles gold medallists, second seeds Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated sixth seeds Indonesians Leo Roli Carnando and Daniel Marthin in three games 21-15, 19-21, 21-9.

The Indian pair, bronze medalists in the event, will be hoping to win their maiden World Championship title.

On the other hand, hopes ended for women’s doubles pair of Gayatri Gopichand and Trisha Jolly, who had raised hopes of winning gold by winning the first bronze medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Gayatri and Trisha lost their pre-quarterfinal match 14-21, 9-21 to top seeded Chinese pair of Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan in just 42 minutes.

Satvik-Chirag’s blast

In the men’s doubles pre-quarterfinals, Satwik and Chirag took control 12-10 in the first game to lead 17-11. They started the match brilliantly, winning the first game 21-15.

He started well in the second game as well. Satwik and Chirag took an 8-5 lead. Taking it forward, he took it to 11-8. However, the Indonesian players came back strongly to narrow the gap and lead 14-11.

In this close fight, Satwik and Chirag also made a comeback and leveled the score at 17-17. Then, the score was tied at 19–19. But, after that Satwik and Chirag did not get a chance and the Indonesian players won the game 21-19 by winning two consecutive points.

In the deciding game, the Indian pair started to dominate the match with a 3-1 lead. However, the Indonesian leveled the scores at 4-4. After this, Satwik and Chirag took a two-point lead and won five consecutive points from 7-6 to take a 12-6 lead. They retained their lead and won the match by winning the game 21-9.(IANS)

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