India Open 2025: Satwik-Chirag storms into semifinals; Sindhu, Kiran bow out
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India Open 2025: Satwik-Chirag storms into semifinals; Sindhu, Kiran bow out

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They walked in as India’s lone hopes for a home champion and walked out making a statement. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stayed on course to go one better on their runner-up finish last year with a comprehensive 21-10, 21-17 win against Korea’s Yong Jin and Kang Min Hyuk to enter the men’s doubles semifinals at the India Open on Friday. Coming in as the last Indians standing after the heartbreaks of PV Sindhu and Kiran George earlier in the day, Satwik and Chirag gave the sizeable and very vocal crowd enough reasons to cheer, starting on the front foot and staying on top all through. Earlier, it looked like PV Sindhu had finally found a chink in Gregoria Mariska Tunjung’s otherwise airtight armour before faltering towards the end to bow out 21-9, 19-21, 21-17 in the quarterfinals against the petite Indonesian. While Sindhu faltered, on the adjacent court, two-time champion Viktor Axelsen dug deep to win his quarterfinal against Singapore’s Kean Yew Loh 21-19, 13-21, 21-8.

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