India’s men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty displayed brilliant strategic play by defeating Malaysia’s Noor Mohd Azrin Ayub and Tan Wei Kiong in three games to reach the final of China Masters for the third time. With this, the Indian pair is now just one win away from their second title of this season. The world number five pair of Satwik-Chirag made a strong comeback after faltering in the second game and defeated the Malaysian pair 21-15, 18-21, 21-11 in one hour and five minutes. The Indian pair were runners-up in 2023 and 2025.
The Asian Games champion Indian pair will now face China’s He Ji Ting and Ren Xiang Yu in the title match. The fourth-seeded Indian pair won seven consecutive points after trailing 0-5 in the opening game. This also included a long rally of 34 shots which took them to a 7-5 lead. Satwik and Chirag also made some mistakes, but they were ahead 11-9 till the break. When the score was 18-15, there was a 54-shot rally between the two pairs. During this, the Malaysian player continued the rally despite falling on the ground, but in the end his shot went out of the court. After this, Noor played another shot wrong which gave India five game points. Satwik and Chirag won the first game on the second game point.
The Malaysian pair again made a bright start and took a 4-0 lead in the second game, but Satwik and Chirag made a comeback using brilliant flick serves to level the score at 5-5. After another mistake by Satwik at the net, the Malaysian pair took an 11-10 lead at the break. A tough fight continued between the two pairs and the points remained tied at 18-18. After this, the Malaysian pair took a slight lead and won the second game to take the match to the deciding game.
The Indian players overcame the mistakes made in the last part of the second game and took a 5-2 lead in the deciding game. After this, a wonderful example of sportsmanship was seen. After Chirag’s shot hit the frame of his racket and went in India’s favour, he apologized to Tan and shook hands with him. After this point, India was leading 7-3. Satwik and Chirag continued to dominate the rallies and took a strong lead of 11-4 at the break.
After this, Satwik made another powerful smash against Noor and made the score 13-6. The Malaysian pair gradually started getting tired and their confidence also started decreasing. After this the match was completely under the control of the Indian players. India got 11 match points as Chirag’s shot fell accurately on the backline. Tan saved two of these match points, but Chirag won the match on the third occasion by winning the point through a flick serve.
Which team did Satwik and Chirag defeat to reach the semi-finals?
The pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Denmark’s Kim Astrup and Anders Skarup Rasmussen to reach the men’s doubles semi-finals of China Masters Super-750. The match took place in three games and the Indian pair won 21-13, 16-21, 21-18.
Which pair defeated Satwik and Chirag?
The pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were defeated by world number three Chinese pair Liang Wei Kang and Wang Chang in the quarterfinals of the BWF World Badminton Championships. This match lasted 36 minutes.
Which team did Satwiksairaj and Chirag defeat to reach the quarter finals?
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Malaysian world number 19 pair Junaidhi Arif and Yap Roy King 21-23, 21-19, 21-17 in a tough match to reach the quarter-finals.