hangzhou18 December. The legendary Indian pair of former world number one Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty continued their winning streak at the BWF World Tour Finals 2025 here and defeated the Indonesian team in three games on Thursday to clinch the top spot in Group B with their second consecutive win.
Played 2. Won 2.
Satwik & Chirag stay perfect after two brilliant wins at the BWF World Tour Finals 2025.
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Defeated Indonesian team in three games
Satwik-Chirag, seeded third on Court 2 of Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, defeated world number eight Fajr Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri 21-11, 16-21, 21-11 in a battle that lasted for an hour. This was the second consecutive defeat of Alfian and Fikri.
The Red Stage belongs to them!
SatChi turn up the heat to overcome Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri in a masterclass of speed and power. Those fast rallies? Handled. The fierce fight? Won. The Indian duo is moving with unstoppable momentum!
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Saved the match against world number 5 Chinese pair in the first group match point
The world number three Indian team had started its campaign 24 hours ago by defeating the Olympic silver medalist Chinese pair of Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang in a tough match lasting three games in their first match of the group. After losing the first game and saving match point, the Indians made a strong comeback to defeat the world number five pair 12-21, 22-20, 21-14.
Chirag-Satvik will face competition from Chiya and Yaik in the final match.
The Asian Games champion Indian pair will now face second seeded Malaysians Aaron Chia and Soh Wui Yik in the third and final group match on Friday. This pair had defeated Alfian and Fikri on the first day. But today he had to face defeat at the hands of Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang.
Indian pair won the first game easily
Satwik-Chirag took the lead right from the start of the first game of the final match of the day and were ahead 11-2 at the break. The Indonesian team struggled and tried to make a comeback and reduced the lead to 9-13. But after this, Chirag and Satvik took the first game by continuously scoring points.
Rankireddy/Shetty
and Alfian/Fikri
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collide in Group B.After losing the second game, gave a decisive blow in the third
But in the second game, Alfian and Fikri made a comeback and dominated from beginning to end. Although Satwik-Chirag had leveled the score at 11-11 at the break, but after this the Indonesian pair took the match to the third game by taking consecutive points. Currently, in the third game, the Indian team made a decisive strike and easily won the match by taking an 11-4 lead at the break.
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