China Open: Satwiksairaj-Chirag Shetty continue giant-killing spree

After ir recent exploits at French Open, Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty continued ir tremendous form at ongoing China Open.  Indian pair entered semi-finals of ongoing tournament after upsetting World  3 pair of Li Jun Hui and Liu Yu Chen 21-19, 21-15 in quarter-final clash which lasted for 43 minutes at Haixia Olympics Sports Center.

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China Open: Satwiksairaj and Chirag Shetty performance 

Indian duo was quick of blocks taking a 3-0 le in thHow match unfolded first game. Indian pair stayed ahe, but Chinese pair clawed back to close gap to 17-16 before Chirag and Satwik snatched first game 21-19.

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second game was different as Indians continued to pile on pressure with a great combination. Chinese pair did fight back and tried to take match into decider, but Satwik and Chirag closed game 21-15 to enter next round.

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World  9 Indian pair will w face top-ranked Indonesian pair of Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon who defeated German double of Marks Lamsfuss and Marvin Seidel 21-14, 21-19 to make it to last four.

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French Open final

Earlier, Satwiksairaj and Chirag Shetty finished runners-up at French Open after losing final to World  1 pairing of Marcus Fernaldi and Kevin Sukamuljo. Indonesian duo won match 21-18, 21-16. H pair won title in France, y would have become only second Indian doubles pair after Partho Ganguli and Vikram Singh in 1983 to win French Open.