- SINGAPORE — Indian men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag
Shetty defeated the world no. 1 Malaysian pair of Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin
to enter the semifinals of the Singapore Open on Friday here at the Singapore
Indoor Stadium.
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- The Indian duo registered a straight-games win, 21-17,
21-15, over the Malaysians in a match that lasted 39 minutes. This is their
third semifinal of the season. They have stumbled in the last two semifinals on
the BWF Tour this season, first at the Malaysia Open and then at the India
Open. Interestingly, it was the Malaysian pair of Goh and Izzuddin who ousted
Satwik and Chirag at the India Open.
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- Satwik and Chirag will be aiming to make their maiden
final of the season when they face another Malaysian pair in either eighth seed
Man Wei Chong and Kai Wun Tee or third seed Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik.
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- The men's doubles duo is the only Indian representation
left in the tournament after the likes of PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen,
Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand, and others bowed out.
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- In the women's singles, double Olympic medalist Sindhu
bowed out in the second round after losing to China’s Chen Yu Fei 9-21, 21-18,
16-21. HS Prannoy suffered a straight-game loss against Frenchman Christo
Popov, facing a 16-21, 14-21 defeat in a match that lasted 42 minutes.
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- The mixed doubles duo of Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Gadde
also suffered a round of 16 loss, going down to the second-seeded pair of Tang
Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet of Hong Kong 10-21, 16-21.
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- Eighth sees Treesa-Gayatri's run ended in the
quarterfinals after losing to the unseeded Chinese duo of Jia Yi Fan and Zhang
Shu Xian.
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- Earlier in the women’s singles, Aakarshi Kashyap and
Unnati Hooda failed to cross the first hurdle. Aakarshi lost to world No. 4 Han
Yue won 21-17, 13-21, 7-21 in a 58-minute battle, while Unnati went down 21-13,
9-21, 15-21 to world No. 2 Wang Zhi Yi.
