BWF World Championships 2026 Highlights: Satwik-Chirag secure thrilling turnaround victory, Sindhu suffers disappointing defeat
Indian badminton players Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty secured a comeback victory against Malaysia in the BWF World Championships. The win advances them to the quarterfinals of the tournament.
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India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty overcame Malaysia’s Junaidi Arif and Roy King Yap in a thrilling men’s doubles round of 16 clash (21-23, 21-19, 21-17) in the BWF World Championships on Thursday.
This victory sets up a quarterfinal date with third seeds Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang for Satwik-Chirag.
Another furious point, goes straight into the net by the Malaysians and Satwik-Chirag have two match points!
Satwik kills the point, and fighting furiously, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have beaten Junaidi Arif and Roy Kim Yap 21-23, 21-19, 21-17 in one hour and 20 minutes.
Chirag Shetty being told to speed things up here. The speeding up works, because the next point is netted!
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