Satwiksiraj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty assured of medal at world championships; Maintenance India’s 14-year-old Streak | Badminton News – The Times of India

Satwiksiraj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty provided a medal at the World Championships in Paris by beating the Malaysian duo and their Nemesis Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the quarterfinals of the gentlemen double. The World No. 3 pairs won 21-12, 21-19 in 43 minutes, which means that their earlier losses are driven to the Malaysian opponents.This victory marks their second medal world championships after their Bronze from 2022, which since 2011 continues the series of stage finishing of India.The Asian Games champions will be in the semi -final in the semi -final of Chen Bo Yang and Liu Yi from China.The game came after the exit of PV Sindhu in the quarterfinals of the ladies singles, so that the Indian duo exerted extra pressure to secure a medal for their country.The victory was especially important, because this year Chia and Soh had previously defeated the Indians in Singapore and China, and last year crushed their Olympic medal heap in Paris.Chirag started strongly with a winner of Drive-Serve, followed by a 59-shot rally that ended with his thundering mid-court Smash, which put India 4-2 in front.The Indians dominated the first game and led 11-5 in the middle game Interval after the skilled cross-lift from Satwik.Despite the Malaysians who won a 49-shot rally, the Indians maintained control and assured the first competition with aggressive returns.In the second game, the Indians took an impressive 10-5 lead, with their sharp portions and powerful half of the defense.Their strategic gameplay and varied attacks helped to build a comfortable lead of 17-12, although the Malaysians showed resilience with a spectacular exchange of 41 shot.The match when the Malaysians limited the gorge to 18-19 and won 8 of 10 points in a late comeback attempt.On the crucial last moments, Chirag’s parent game caused a match point and Satwik’s Drive Serve set the winning point when Aaron Wijde returned.The victory is especially useful given the challenges that the couple were confronted this season, including Satwik’s health problems, Chirag’s back injury and Satwik’s personal loss of his father in February.Despite these setbacks, they reached the semi -final in the Malaysia and India Open in January and opened quarter -final performances in the Singapore Open, China Open and Indonesia open.The victory provides the continuous medal streak of India at the world championships, which started with the bronze of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa in 2011.