Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty storms into semifinals

Badminton Asia Championships: Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty storms into semifinals; assures men’s doubles medal after 52 years

In Badminton Asia Championship, the Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty made history by securing a men’s doubles medal after 52 years.

The Indian duo stormed into the semifinals in the men’s doubles defeating Indonesia’s Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan 21-11, 21-12 in the quarterfinals in Dubai yesterday, April 28.

Earlier, two-time Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu lost in the Quarter Finals of Women’s Singles to An Se-young of South Korea by 21-18, 5-21, 9-21

while in men’s singles, HS Prannoy crashed out to Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan by 11-21, 9-13 after being retired hurt.