Indian badminton stars Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty continued their stellar run on the international stage by reaching the men's doubles semifinals of the prestigious Malaysia Open Super 1000 tournament here on Friday.
The star Indian men's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be hoping to continue with their winning momentum at the Paris Olympics
Chirag-Satwik, on the hunt for their third title of the year after clinching the French and Thailand Open, began slowly and fell 9-4 behind early on.
World No. 9 Prannoy overcame the world No. 7 and the 2021 world champion, Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew, 21-18, 15-21, 21-19 in a 69-minute marathon in the round of 16 match.
Satwik and Chirag have won three BWF World Tour titles this year including the Indonesia Open (Super 1000), Korea Open (Super 500) and the Swiss Open (Super 300).
Lakshya Sen’s strong defence and relatively slower playing conditions, created problems for HS Prannoy, who needed to come up with something special to pack off his younger opponent.
“Three feet height, round face, shoulder length hair, brown eyes and a pink T-shirt with red collar,” read the FIR…
