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2023 Swiss Open | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lift title, beat Chinese pair in finals

CWG champions 2022 Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy won the 2023 Swiss Open men's doubles title after they beat the Chinese pair of Tan Qiang and Ren Xiang Yu on Sunday. The Indian pair got the better of their Chinese opponents 21-19, 24-22 to lodge their first title win of the season.
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2023 Swiss Open | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty enter finals of men's doubles

Indian men's doubles badminton team of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the finals of the Swiss Open 2023, after defeating Malaysia’s Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi. The Indians beat the world no.8 pair 21-15, 17-21, 21-17 in the semi-finals of the BWF Super 300 tournament.
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newsbadminton17 days ago

All England Badminton 2023 | Saina Nehwal withdraws, huge boost for Satwik/Chirag as the Minions also pull out

Just a few hours prior to the start of the All England Badminton Championship 2023, India's Saina Nehwal has withdrawn from the tournament. Apart from that, Marcus Gideon and Kevin Sukamuljo have also pulled out of the tournament, who were to play Satwik/Chirag in men's doubles opening round.
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newsbadminton2 months ago

Asia Mixed Championships | Injured Satwiksairaj Rankireddy replaced by Dhruv Kapila in the Indian team

Satwiksairaj Ranikreddy, who is injured, will be replaced by Dhruv Kapila in the Indian men's doubles team for the forthcoming Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships, which will take place in Dubai from February 14 to 19.
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newsbadminton2 months ago

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty pull out of Thailand Open

CWG champs Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty had pulled out of the Thailand Open Super 300 tournament after the former failed to recover fully from a hip injury. Satwik got injured during the India Open Super 750 a couple of weeks back, and team was forced to withdraw from the tournament.
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newsbadminton2 months ago

2023 India Open | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty begin title defence with win

Defending champions Lakshya Sen and the men’s doubles combination of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty began their title defence of the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2023 with comfortable victories on opening day of the competition at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday.
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newsbadminton3 months ago

2023 Malaysia Open | HS Prannoy and Satwik/Chirag make it to quarters

India's top-ranked shuttler HS Prannoy has made it to the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Open 2023, with a win over Indonesia’s Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. The world no.8 Prannoy got the better of the 19th ranked player, 21-9, 15-21, 21-16.
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newsbadminton3 months ago

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty attain career-best ranking, HS Prannoy back in top 10

In the latest BWF rankings, Indian shuttlers have made huge gains, with some of them achieving their career-best rankings too. On the other hand, HS Prannoy is back in the top 10 of the men's singles shuttlers, after a gap of almost four years, and will be looking to better that as well.
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newsbadminton5 months ago

PV Sindhu back at fifth spot, Lakshya Sen and Satwik-Chirag achieve career-best BWF rankings

Lakshya Sen climbed to number 6 in the most recent men's singles ranking issued by the Badminton World Federation on Tuesday, setting a new career high (BWF). The 21-year-old moved up two spots in the rankings for the second week of November 2022, from 8th, where he had previously been, to sixth.
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newsbadminton5 months ago

Hylo Open 2022 | Malvika Bansod continues dream run, Satwik-Chirag in quarters too

The Indian shuttlers had a great day in the office at the Hylo Open on Thursday, and most of the players made it to the quarterfinals of the event. Indian doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rakireddy and Chirag Shetty beat the world no. 56 pair, the Easton-Russ duo, 22-24, 21-15, 21-11 in three games.
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