Indonesia Open champion pair Satwik-Chirag to achieve career-high ranking of world no. 3
The HinduSatwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, the winners of the Indonesia Open men’s doubles title, are set to attain their career-high ranking of three in the BWF World Rankings on the back of their historic victory against Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia in the Super 1000 event final. On Sunday, playing their maiden Super 1000 final, the Indian combination put out an attacking display at the buzzing Istora Senayan court in the final against reigning world champions Aaron and Soh. In their ninth meeting on the World Tour, Satwik and Chirag, on Sunday, played a fast game against Aaron-Soh, switching from their holding-back approach, and opened the court with quick net exchanges and high smashes. The rattled Malaysians could never come back in the game as the Indian duo kept the shuttle high, never getting into Aaron-Soh’s flat game.