Satwik-Chirag pair enters semifinals of Korea Open

Star Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty entered the semifinals of the Korea Open Super 500 tournament with a straight game win over Japan‘s Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi Yeosu (Korea) on Friday, July 21. The world No.3 Indian pair, seeded third here, took just 40 minutes to get the better of the fifth-seeded Japanese pair 21-14 21-17.
Satwik and Chirag will take on second seeds Wei Keng Liang and Chang Wang of China, who are the 2021 world champions in men’s doubles.
Satwik and Chirag are now India‘s flag bearers in the tournament after the premature exits of PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth among others.

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