File Photo: India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, heart, and Chirag Shetty.
| Photo Credit: SHUJI KAJIYAMA
The dynamic doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty overcame a mid-game droop to maintain India’s flag flying by coming into the men’s doubles final of the Swiss Open Super Series 300 badminton occasion right here on Saturday.
The world quantity six and second seeded Indian pair defeated third seeds Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi of Malaysia 21-19 17-21 21-17 in an enthralling semifinal that lasted one hour and 9 minutes.
Satwik and Chirag, the 2022 World Championships bronze medallist, will play unseeded Chinese pair of Ren Xiang Yu and Tan Qiang in the summit conflict on Sunday.
By advantage of this win, Satwik and Chirag had drawn degree 3-3 with Ong and Teo in head-to-head file.
Earlier, Satwik and Chirag defeated the Danish pair of Jeppe Bay and Lasse Molhede in three hard-fought video games.
The Indian pair fought off the problem in 54 minutes, successful 15-21 21-11 21-14.
The victory got here after a hard-fought 84-minute quarter-final battle.
Satwik and Chirag are the one Indian contenders left in a event the place the likes of PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen suffered early defeats.
In the quarterfinal, the Indian pair didn’t have an excellent begin because it misplaced the primary recreation simply at 15-21. The duo did pull issues up in the center of the sport, lowering the deficit to only one level because it trailed 15-16.
However, the Danish pair gained six consecutive factors to wrap up the primary recreation with ease.
The Indian pair picked up the tempo in the second recreation and rapidly obtained a seven-point cushion on the midway break. They prolonged the result in 10 factors by the point parity was restored.
The third recreation began on a good keel however the Indians had been improbable on the web as they first obtained an 11-7 lead after which maintained a seven-point benefit until the top of the match to enter the last-four in type.
A event win shall be an excellent comeback for the pair after a disappointing early spherical exit on the All England Championships.
