India’s World No.1 pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered a shocking first-round loss to Denmark’s World No.34 pair of Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard in the Singapore Open on Tuesday, May 28.
The Indian pair got here recent off its title win on the Thailand Open Super 500 earlier this month once they had additionally change into the No.1 duo in the world. However, they went right down to the Danes in straight video games, shedding 20-22 and 18-21 in the 47-minute conflict.
The Indian stars had been reeling behind at 6-12 earlier than staging a comeback in the opening round. They took the lead and had two recreation factors at 20-18. However, the Danes fought again and gained the subsequent 4 factors to shut the sport.
Mads and Daniel took a 6-3 lead in the second recreation earlier than the battle intensified. The lead saved altering and the Indians had a one-point benefit on the second-game interval. But the Danes then had a 16-15 lead earlier than the Indians took it once more at 17-16 with a cross-court shot.Â
But Satwik and Chirag made some errors with Chirag hitting the online on his serve earlier than Satwik hitting the online too. The Danes had three match factors at 20-17 and clinched the sport and the match on the second likelihood at 20-18.
There was extra disappointment for the Indians on the Singapore Open. India’s World No.41 girls’s star Akarshi Kashyap went down in the opening round to Thailand’s Pornpicha Choeikeewong 7-21, 15-21. She hardly had any likelihood in the opening recreation however was extra aggressive in the second. Priyanshu Rajawat misplaced his singles recreation to Hong Kong’s Lee Cheuk Yiu in the first round 21-23, 19-21. Indian girls’s doubles pair of Rutuparna Panda and Swetaparna Panda misplaced their round of 32 contest 12-21 21-12 13-21 to Chinese Taipei’s Chang Ching Hui and Yang Ching Tun.
