Tag: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

Chirag, Satwik win first doubles Gold at Badminton Asia Championships in 58 years

Shetty and Rankireddy overpowered the Malaysian pair 16-21, 21-17, 21-19 in a thrilling final that lasted an hour and seven minutes.

April 30, 2023

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty win gold medal in badminton men’s doubles

Through their straight-sets victory in the gold-medal match, Satwik and Chirag added another Commonwealth Games medal to their kitty after the silver medal in the last Games in 2018 Gold Coast.

August 9, 2022

India Open: Lakshya Sen, Satwik-Chirag record their names in history

It was a double delight for India as World championship bronze medallist Lakshya Sen and doubles specialists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty bagged their first Yonex-Sunrise India Open titles here on Sunday.

January 16, 2022

‘This country is a joke’: HS Prannoy slams Arjuna Award selection

After being ignored last year for the same award, Prannoy had even questioned the selection criteria.

June 3, 2020

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty nominated for ‘Most Improved Player of the Year’ award

The star Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have been nominated for the 'Most Improved Player of the Year' Award by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

December 5, 2019

Fuzhou China Open: Men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty knocked out in semifinal

Rankireddy and Shetty were the lone medal hope after almost everyone from the Indian contingent bowed out in the opening rounds of Fuzhou China Open.

November 9, 2019

Fuzhou China Open: Doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty enters semi-final

Satwik and Chirag, who had won their maiden Super 500 title at the Thailand Open in August before reaching the French Open final last month, are the lone Indians left in the tournament.

November 8, 2019

Fuzhou China Open: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty qualifies for 3rd round in men’s doubles

This is the second straight win for the Indian duo over Endo-Watanabe after they had defeated the pair in French Open last month.

November 7, 2019

Fuzhou China Open: P Kashyap, doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Aswini Ponappa knocked out

The Indian contingent have fared quite badly in the ongoing Fuzhou China Open and with Thursday's string of defeats the medal hope seems well and over.

November 7, 2019

Satwik-Chirag end second-best in French Open

In what turned out to be a one-sided final, the Indian duo was outclassed 18-21, 16-21 in just 35 minutes by the top seeds from Indonesia on Sunday.

October 28, 2019

PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal through to French Open quarterfinals

Saina's was the first match of the day among the Indian contingent. She beat Denmark's Line Hojmark 21-10 21-11 in a match that lasted just 27 minutes to go through to the quarters.

October 25, 2019

French Open: Saina Nehwal through to second round

World No 9 Saina and the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were the only Indians to record wins as the others continued their poor run.

October 24, 2019

Rankireddy-Ponnappa upset World No 7 pair at China Open

The Indian duo defeated the sixth-seeded pair 22-20, 17-21, 21-17 in a thrilling opening round clash that lasted for more than 50 minutes.

September 17, 2019

Rankireddy-Shetty become first Indian pair to win BWF Super 500 tourney at Thailand Open

The unseeded Indian duo prevailed 21-19 18-21 21-18 over the third-seeded Chinese pair after battling hard for an hour and two minutes.

August 6, 2019

Rankireddy-Shetty team enters Thailand Open final

The world number 16 Indian team prevailed 22-20 22-24 21-9 against the 19th- ranked Korean team of Ko Sung Hyun and Shin Baek Cheol after battling hard for 63 minutes.

August 3, 2019

China Open: Ashwini-Satwik stun CWG silver medallists, Srikanth too wins

CWG bronze medallists Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy also went down 10-21 18-21 to Korean combination of Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong in women's doubles.

September 20, 2018

Ponnapa-Rankireddy enter mixed doubles main draw of China Open

World number two Kidambi Srikanth pulled out of the tournament with a muscle strain.

November 14, 2017