hangzhou, 20 December. Just 24 hours ago, the adventurous journey of former world number one Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who created history by entering the semi-finals of the BWF World Tour Finals for the first time and won a prize of 3 million dollars in this year-end competition, ended when they suffered a 21-10, 17-21, 13-21 defeat at the hands of world number two Liang Wei Kang and Wang Chang of China in a thrilling semi-final on Saturday. Laid.
Semi-final heartbreak for the Indian duo as SatChi’s blazing run ends in a thrilling three game battle against the pair Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang.#BWFWorldTourFinals2025 #SatChi pic.twitter.com/99RmhKoSKo
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) December 20, 2025
Indians had defeated Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang in the group stage.
Third seeds Satwik and Chirag, who came to play the 10th and final match of the day on Court 1 of Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, started the match lasting 63 minutes on a positive note and won the first game, but they could not take advantage of their early lead and were disappointed due to defeat in the remaining two games. The Indians had made a spectacular comeback after losing the first game against the Olympic silver medalist Chinese pair in the group stage. But at the most important moment, Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang turned the tables.
Finals up for grabs as Liang/Wang
confront Rankireddy/Shetty
,#BWFWorldTourFinals #Hangzhou2025 pic.twitter.com/Ihtih8AGhn
— BWF (@bwfmedia) December 20, 2025
confront Rankireddy/Shetty Satvik in the first game And Chirag’s dominance
The first game was entirely in the name of the Indians, where they showed complete dominance from the beginning and did not give any chance to the Chinese pair. The second game was also not so bad as Chirag and Satwik gave a tough fight before losing 17-21. He was in the game in the first half, where he scored brilliantly, but missed the end, sending the match into a deciding set. The deciding set could have gone in anyone’s favor and ultimately it went in favor of the Chinese pair, where the Indians could not give any solid answer.
Tough day, tough spirit!#BWFWorldTourFinals2025 pic.twitter.com/zzSXmuNZiH
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) December 20, 2025
Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang will now face top seeds Koreans Kim Wan Ho and Seo Seung Jae on Sunday, who defeated Indonesians Sabar Karayama Gutama and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Isfani 21-9, 21-11 in just 28 minutes in the second semi-final.
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