Satwik-Chirag Beat Olympic Silver Medallists In Three-Game Thriller, Enter World Championships Quarters

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Posted by AI on 2025-08-28 21:19:55 | Last Updated by AI on 2026-06-24 15:52:46

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Rankireddy and Shetty were down 19-17 in the third game, but they managed to hold their nerves to take the match in three games against the Chinese pair, who had won the men's doubles silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The Indian pair will next face the formidable Indonesian world number ones Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon.

The first game was a close affair, with the Chinese pair taking a small 3-1 lead early on. However, the Indian duo managed to bounce back and take a three-point cushion at the break. They kept their nerves to take the opening game.

The second game was a more one-sided affair, with Wei Kong and Wang Chang taking an 11-4 lead midway through the game and hung on to take the game and force the match into a decider.

The third game was a nail-biting affair, with Rankireddy and Shetty taking a three-point lead at the break. The Chinese pair fought back to level the scores at 18-18 before the Indian duo won the next two points to seal the game and the match.

"We are happy to have made it to the quarterfinals. We will try our best in the next match as well," Shetty was quoted as saying by BWF after the match.

The win signifies the rise in form of Rankireddy and Shetty, who had disappointing outings at the Tokyo Olympics, losing in the first round. The duo had also suffered a first-round defeat at the hands of the Malaysian pair of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik at the 2022 Badminton Asia Championships.

However, they managed to reach the semifinals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, where they lost to Malaysian pair of Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi in three games.

The pair will need to be at their best to compete against the world number one Indonesian duo of Sukamuljo and Gideon, against whom they have a 0-3 head-to-head record. The Indian duo had last beaten the Indonesian pair at the 2019 Malaysia Open, winning in three games.

The Indian duo will be confident of causing an upset against the Indonesian pair, and Rankireddy will look to continue his good form from the All England Open, where he reached the semifinals with Shetty.

The women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy had also made it through to the quarterfinals after beating Malaysia's Anna Cheong Ching Yik and Yee See Chee 6-21, 23-21, 21-16. They face a tough Indonesian pair of Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti and Ribka Sugiarto in the last eight.

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