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Satvikasairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won the bronze medal at the BWF World Championship 2022.
Indian badminton pair Satviksai Raj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have made a brilliant performance to the semi -finals at the ongoing BWF World Championships in Paris. He defeated Malaysia pair Aaron Chia and Soh Wui Yik in straight games 21-12, 21-19 in the quarter-finals.
With this victory, the Indian pair not only avenged their Paris Olympic 2024 quarterfinal defeat, but have also ensured their second medal in the World Championship.
Earlier, he won the bronze medal at the 2022 Tokyo World Championship. At that time, he was defeated by the Malaysian pair in the semi -finals and dropped him out of the race for the final. This victory of Satvik-Chirag also maintained India’s tradition of winning medals in every World Championship since 2011.
The pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty avenged the Paris Olympic 2024 quarterfinal defeat.
The Indian pair, ranked 9th in the world rankings, started the match in a brilliant style. In the first game, he took a lead of 11-6, scoring points in long and flat rallies. The Malaysian pair failed to bridge the gap and Satvik-Chirag easily won the first game 21–12.
In the second game, Melasian Soh Wui Yik stranded in the net on backhand In the second game, Indian players showed aggressive games and pushed the Malaysian pair in the back court. Soh Wui Yik got stuck in the net on the backhand several times, benefiting the Indian pair. Satvik and Chirag were ahead 17–11 until mid-game interval. But after this the Malaysian pair tried to come back and played the score at 19–19 by playing near flat shots and nets.
However, the Indian pair showed a brilliant game under pressure and won the last decisive points and won the game 21-19. This was only the fourth win in their 15 matches against the Malaysian pair, which makes their achievement more special.
Will clash with sugar pair in semifinals Now Satwik and Chirag will take on the 11th position in the world rankings in the semi -finals on Saturday, Lee Yiu and Bo Yang Chen.
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