Yeosu-si [South Korea], July 22 (ANI): India’s star males’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the semifinals of the continuing Korean Open badminton match on Friday.
As per the Olympics.com, the third seed and world quantity three ranked pair in Badminton World Federation (BWF) Rankings defeated former world champions Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan 21-14, 21-17 within the quarterfinals stage of the match.
It was Satwiksairaj-Chirag’s fourth win over the previous world primary Japanese duo of their earlier 5 conferences.
It was the Indian group’s fourth win over the previous world No. 1 Japanese pair, seeded fifth on the Korea Open, in 5 conferences.
In the QFs, the Indian shortly took the primary sport beneath management with two separate runs of 5 factors. Eventually from 5-5 every, the scoreline shifted in Chirag-Satwik’s favour at 15-6. The Japanese duo bagged subsequent 4 factors however might probably not overcome the lead of Indian pair, shedding the primary sport 21-14.
The second sport was a intently contested one. The two groups had been at 8-8 at one level. From that time on, Chrag-Satwik performed some good badminton to maneuver to 14-9. The Japanese captured three successive factors to degree the scores at 16-16, however the Indian pair sealed the sport and match in 40 minutes.
Chirag-Satwik will likely be dealing with the second seed and world quantity two duo of Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang of the Republic of China of their semi-final conflict on Saturday.
The two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu was eradicated within the first spherical of the match, happening to Chinese Taipei’s Pai Yu Po on Wednesday.
Results on the match rely in direction of gamers’ qualifying rankings for the Paris 2024 Olympics. The qualification window to the game’s greatest occasion for badminton began on May 1 this 12 months. (ANI)