Satwik Chirag is satisfied with bronze after Hartzeer against China in BWF Worlds | Badminton News – The Times of India

Satwiksiraj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty settled for bronze at the BWF world championships in Paris, after a heartbreaking defeat against China’s Chen Boyang and Liu Yi in a tense semi -final on Saturday. Eleventh seeds Chen and Liu stopped the impressive run of the Indian duo with a 21-19, 18-21, 21-12 victory in one hour and seven minutes, ending the India campaign during the annual meeting. After securing their second bronze medal in the world championships after their sensational victory over Malaysians Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the quarterfinals, it was expected that the couple would continue the momentum against the lower ranked Chinese. After they had previously defeated, expectations were high. Satwik Chirag, arranged as ninth, could not live up to the invoicing and boasts the competition. Spilling a big lead in the first game and the start of the decision maker cost them the game. The reigning Asian Games -champions fought hard, but simply could not break the determined defense of the Chinese couple, which was picked up ruthlessly and withdrawn with precision, often the Indians overrumed. “We didn’t really get a rhythm. We didn’t start so well in the third game and gave simple points away. We should have been a little smarter. But the honor to them. They served reasonably well, from the start of the third game,” Chirag said later. Although Satwik Chirag, winners of a bronze medal on the worlds 2022 in Tokyo, tried to stop the Chinese by keeping the shuttle in the field, they found their opponents too hot to handle. “I think we could have made a few changes here and there, not really hurrying in the service, because they also served quite deep. But honor to them that they could put us out of place, “he added.Yamaguchi Cruises to the third world title Akane Yamaguchi defeated former world number one Chen Yufei from China 21-9, 21-13 on Sunday to win the final of the ladies Singles Badminton World Championship. The Japanese fifth seed rarely looked restless on the field in Paris and only needed 37 minutes to add a third world title to its gold medals from 2021 and 2022.