- JAKARTA — The
former champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty bowed out of the
Indonesia Open, a BWF Super 1000 badminton tournament, with a straight game
loss in the men's doubles quarterfinal to Malaysian seventh seeds Man Wei Chong
and Kai Wun Tee here on Friday.
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- Satwik-Chirag, who had reached the semifinals of the
Singapore Open Super 750 last week, suffered a 19-21, 16-21 loss at the hands
of World No. 7 Chong and Tee at the Istora Senayan. This was the Malaysian's
first win against Satwik-Chirag in five meetings.
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- The World No. 22 pair were the last Indian contention at the
Super 1000 tournament in Jakarta after two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and
women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand crashed out in the
second round.
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- On Thursday, Satwik-Chirag came from behind to advance to
the quarterfinals of the Super 1000 tournament. The 2023 champions
Satwik-Chirag had registered a hard-fought 16-21, 21-18, 22-20 win over world
number 16 Danish pair of Rasmus Kjaer and Frederik Sogaard in a 68-minute
second-round clash.
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- Sindhu’s campaign came to an end after a narrow 22-20,
10-21, 18-21 loss to Thailand’s world No. 8 Pornpawee Chochuwong in a gruelling
78-minute match on Thursday. She staged a strong comeback to take the opening game
after being 10-16 down.
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- But, Chochuwong bounced back with a dominant second game and
despite Sindhu leading 15-11 in the decider, the Thai shuttler’s consistency
and Sindhu’s untimely unforced errors saw the Indian falter at the finish line.
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- Earlier, Lakshya Sen, returning from a back injury, fell
short despite a spirited effort against world No. 2 Shi Yu Qi in the opening
round. The 2021 World Championships bronze medallist stretched Shi to three
games, eventually losing 11-21, 22-20, 15-21 in a match that lasted 65 minutes.
