Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty To Take On Malaysian Duo In Semi-Final Today

In Badminton, Indian men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will take on the Malaysian duo of Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub and Tan Wee Kiong in the semi-final of the China Masters in Shenzhen today.

The Indian pair defeated Denmark’s Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 21-13, 16-21, 21-18 in the quarter-final yesterday. With the victory, Satwik and Chirag reached the semi-finals of the China Masters for the fourth consecutive time.

On the other hand their Malaysian opponents, Azriyn Ayub and Tan Wee Kiong, pulled off a major upset by defeating Indonesia’s world No. 7 pair, Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani, 21-17, 16-21, 21-19.

The victory earned them their first-ever Super 750 semi-final appearance.

Meanwhile, India’s campaign in the singles events came to an end as Kidambi Srikanth lost to Hong Kong’s Lee Cheuk Yiu in the Men’s Singles quarter-final. In Women’s Singles, Tanvi Sharma went down against Japan’s Tomoka Miyazaki.