Thailand Open: Indian Doubles Pair Of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty Cruise Into Second Round

Indian males’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty cruised into the second spherical of the continued Thailand Open on Wednesday. The world quantity 10 Indian pair outclassed South Korean pair of Kim Gi Jung and Lee Yong Dae 19-21, 21-16, 21-14 within the first spherical of the event. After dropping a hard-fought first sport, the Indian duo got here out all weapons blazing and took three consecutive factors within the early minutes of the second match. Shetty and Reddy held the lead all through the sport and clinched it 21-16.

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Final rating: 19-21, 21-16, 21-14

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The Indian pair continued their dominance within the match and saved the momentum going to say the third sport 21-14. The encounter lasted an hour and eight minutes.

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In one other males’s doubles conflict, Indian pair of Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun misplaced to the Malaysian pair of Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi 13-21, 21-8, 24-22 within the first spherical conflict after placing up an ideal struggle.

On Tuesday, India’s PV Sindhu had crashed out of the event after dropping to Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt within the first spherical.