Dubai [UAE], April 30 (ANI): Following their historic Badminton Asia Championships triumph, the Indian males’s doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty expressed happiness over their title win and expressed gratitude for assist from all the edges.
The star Indian males’s doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty made historical past on Sunday by clinching the Badminton Asia Championships gold medal. It is India’s second medal on the match after 1965 and their first within the males’s doubles class.
After the match, Shetty acknowledged as per Badminton Association of India (BAI) Media, “I am over the moon after winning the Badminton Asia Championships title. I and Satwik worked really hard for this medal and I am happy that we have finally won the title. Also, I would like to thank everyone back home for supporting me.””I am grateful for all the support we have got during the Badminton Asia Championships. It’s a great feeling to win this tournament for the first time and I am sure we will win more such titles in the future. We will continue to work hard to bring laurels to the country,” concluded Rankireddy.
They defeated Ong Yew Sin-Teo Eo Yi, the Malaysian duo by 16-21, 21-17, 21-19. The India duo misplaced the primary sport. But they made a comeback value remembering within the subsequent two video games to clinch the title.
They confronted Tokyo Olympics champions Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin from Chinese Taipei within the semifinal match. The Indians received a aggressive first sport by 21-18. But they received the match after their opponents retired halfway by the match as a result of an harm to Wang Chi-lin. The Indians took the match after a walkover. (ANI)