Satwik-Chirag enter quarterfinals at Hong Kong Open

Satwik-Chirag enter quarterfinals at Hong Kong Open

NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: India's top men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the quarterfinals of the USD 500,000 Hong Kong Open Super 500 badminton tournament after edging out Thailand's Peeratchai Sukphun and Pakkapon Teeraratsakul here on Thursday.

The former world number one duo, seeded eighth, bounced back from a first-game loss to outplay the unseeded Thai pair 18-21 21-15 21-11 in a 63-minute battle.

World no. 9 Satwik and Chirag, fresh from their second World Championships bronze in Paris, will next face Malaysia's Junaidi Arif and Roy King Yap.
 

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