Satwik-Chirag on Sunday stunned the world No 1 pair of Fajar Alfian and Muhamad Rian Ardianto in a hard-fought final to clinch Korea Open title
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty rallied their way to a 17-21, 21-13, 21-14 win over the top-ranked Indonesian pair of Alfian and Ardianto in a thrilling summit clash.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost the first game but came back to beat top seed Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto 17-21, 21-13, 21-14 in Korea Open final.
Korea Open 2023 Final Highlights: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty of India defeated top seed Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto of Indonesia 17-21, 21-13, 21-14 in the final to clinch the men's doubles title.
The world number three Indian pair notched up a 21-15 24-22 win over the second seeded Chinese in a 40-minute duel at the Jinnam stadium.
Satwik and Chirag will take on second seeds Wei Keng Liang and Chang Wang of China, who are the 2021 world champions in men's doubles
World number 10 Prannoy, seeded fifth in the tournament, lost 15-21 21-19 18-21 to his opponent ranked eight places below him in a closely-contested match that lasted one hour and six minutes
Apart from PV Sindhu, India's Kidambi Srikanth also exited the Korea Open Super 500 tournament from the first round on Wednesday.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy's shot exceeded the previous world record of 493 km/hour, achieved by Malaysia's Tan Boon Heong, in May 2013
Sindhu took to Twitter to confirm Hashim’s appointment, saying that he possesses everything that she was looking in a coach, including attacking instinct, height and speed.
Satwik-Chirag pair beat Jomkoh and Kedren 21-16, 21-14 in the round of 32 to set up a clash with China's He Ji Ting and Zhou Hao Dong in the next round.
PV Sindhu hasn't been in best of the form since her return from a five-month long injury layoff and recently lost in the quarter-finals in US Open.
Sindhu, ranked 12th in the world and seeded third, was stunned 20-22, 13-21 by 24-year-old Gao Fang Jie of China
PV Sindhu defeated Korea's Sung Shuo Yun and will next face China's Gao Fang Jie in the quarer-finals of US Open Super 300 badminton tournament.
S Sankar Subramanian, who had entered the main draw of the tournament after two tough qualifying matches, defeated his tricky Irish opponent Nhat Nguyen 21-11, 21-16 in the first round.
Lakshya Sen had dropped in rankings after undergoing surgery and a drop in form upon return. That changed with the Canada Open title on Sunday.
Lakshya Sen won his second BWF World Tour title and first since India Open last year as he made his first final appearance in 15 months.
Lakshya Sen, who claimed bronze at the 2021 World Championships, will face China's Li Shi Feng in the final on Sunday.
PV Sindhu will now face world number one Japan's Akane Yamaguchi and Lakshya Sen is pitted against fourth-seeded Japanese Kenta Nishimoto
PV Sindhu advanced to the last eight after her opponent Natsuki Nidaira gave her a walkover and she will next face 2022 Indonesia Masters champion Gao Fang Jie.
While PV Sindhu, seeded fourth, cruised to the second round with a win over Canada's Talia NG, Lakshya Sen had to dig deep to stun second seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand.
The 27-year-old, who will be in action at the Canada Open Super 500 this week, has looked off-colour this season after returning from a five-month-long injury layoff following a stress fracture on her ankle en route her Commonwealth Games gold in August last year
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The world No. 9 Indian didn't quite find his rhythm, going down 19-21 8-21 to fifth seed Ka Long in a lop-sided contest
Prannoy, the country's top-ranked men's singles player, took 36 minutes to dispatch former world championship bronze medallist Sugiarto 21-9 21-17 in the BWF World Tour Super 300 tournament.
World number nine Prannoy hardly broke a sweat as he took just 26 minutes to dispatch local shuttler Lin Yu-hsien 21-11 21-10 in the opening round of the BWF World Tour Super 300 tournament.
The pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are in the middle of a dream 2023 having won two World Tour titles already, besides the Swiss Open alongside a gold medal at the Badminton Asia Championships.
Before the summit clash which the Indians won 21-17 and 21-18, they had a record of 0-8 against the Malaysian duo
Rankireddy and Shetty defeated Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yika of Malaysia in straight games in the Indonesia men's doubles final to become the first Indian men's doubles pair to clinch a Super 1000 title.
Here's everything you need to know about the Indonesia Open 2023 men's doubles final featuring India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty.