World Championship: HS Prannoy, Satwik-Chirag entered the quarterfinals, Trisa and Gayatri lost
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On the other hand, the pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are just one step away from a medal by reaching the quarterfinals of men’s doubles. The Satwik-Chirag pair won in three games over Indonesia’s Leo Rawley Carnando and Daniel Marthin. The world number two pair had won their first bronze medal in the last World Championship.
Satwik-Chirag came from behind in the round of 16 match to beat the 10th-ranked Indonesian pair 21-15 19-21 21-9 in just over an hour. The Commonwealth Games champions pair will next take on the winner of the match between 11th seeded Danish pair of Kim Astrup and Anders Skarup Rasmussen and seventh seeded Malaysian pair of Ong Yiu Sin and Teo E Yee.
Strong comeback after slow start
Satwik-Chirag played aggressively after a slow start. The Indian pair had a three-point lead at the break in the first game. The Indonesian pair tried to make a comeback and grabbed two points but could not break the strong defense of the Indian pair who took a 15-10 lead. Satwik-Chirag kept the pressure on their rivals and grabbed six game points with a sharp backhand shot. The Indonesian pair lost the game after saving a point.
In the second game, Chirag took a ‘medical timeout’. The Indian pair led 11-8 at the break before the Indonesian pair took advantage of a service mistake by Satwik to lead 16-13. Both the pairs were tied at 18-18 at one point but the Indonesian players started rallying and came back to win the game. The pair were tied 4-4 in the deciding game but Satwik-Chirag won seven of the next nine points to take a five-point lead at the break. After the break, the Indonesian pair made a lot of errors and the Indians grabbed 12 match points and sealed the match with a brilliant cross court return.
Trisa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand got defeated
Earlier, the Indian pair of Trisa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand bowed out in the women’s doubles quarterfinals after going down to Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yifan of China in a hard-fought match. The world number 19 Indian pair had reached the semi-finals of the All England Championship in the last two seasons but could not face a stronger opponent than themselves. They were defeated by the Chinese pair by 21 within 42 minutes. 14, 21. beat 9. This was only the second match between the two pairs.
Last year also in the German Open, the world number one Chinese pair had defeated the Indian pair. Chen and Jia are three-time World Championship gold medalists and also have three BWF titles to their credit. The Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Indian pair got a bye in the first round. He started on a positive note and took a 5-2 lead and made some good rallies. Their experienced opposition took four consecutive points to level the score at 6-6.
The Chinese pair took an 11-7 lead at the break. Trisa played some good drop shots to take the score to 10-14 but after that the Chinese pair did not give a chance to come back. In the second game as well, Zia put up the Indian team under pressure with a brilliant performance. The Chinese pair continued to lead and won the match with the second game.
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