Last Updated: March 26, 2023, 16:37 IST
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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Ren Xiangyu and Tan Qiang 21-19 24-22 to win the Swiss Open
The dynamic doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty gained the lads’s doubles title after defeating Ren Xiangyu and Tan Qiang on the Swiss Open Super Series 300 badminton match on Sunday.
The world quantity six and second-seeded Indian pair of Satwiksairaj and Chirag, beat their unseeded Chinese opponents 21-19 24-22 within the remaining.
It was the primary title of the season for India with Satwik and Chirag placing to relaxation the frustration of final week’s All England Championships the place that they had exited within the second spherical.
Overall, it was the fifth profession world tour title for the Indian pair, who had claimed the India Open and French Open final 12 months, apart from securing the Thailand Open in 2019 and Hyerabad Open in 2018.
Satwik and Chirag had additionally gained the 2022 Commonwealth Games gold.
Earlier, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty had defeated third seeds Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi of Malaysia 21-19 17-21 21-17 within the semifinal that lasted one hour and 9 minutes.
Satwik and Chirag had 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 had been the one Indian contenders left in a match the place the likes of PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen suffered early defeats.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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