Bangkok. India’s star pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty strengthened their preparations for the Paris Olympics by defeating China’s Liu Yi and Chen Bo Yang and won the Thailand Open Super 500 badminton men’s doubles title. Strengthening the preparations for the Paris Olympics, the world number three pair defeated the 29th ranked opposition team by 21. 15, 21. Won by 15.
This is the second BWF World Tour title of the Asian Games champion pair of the season and ninth of their career. He won the French Open Super 750 title in March. Both were runners-up in Malaysia Super 1000 and India Super 750.
Chirag said after the victory, “Bangkok is special for us. “We won the Super Series and then the Thomas Cup here for the first time in 2019.” Satwik said, “Hopefully, after this win, we will maintain the momentum in the coming tournaments also.” When asked about Paris Olympics, Chirag said, “Not only us, all the players want to go there to win medals. Hopefully we will perform well there also.” Satwik and Chirag had lost in the second round of the All England Championship. After this, Satwik could not play the Asian Championship due to injury. He could not perform well even in the Thomas Cup.
He reached the Thailand Open final without losing a single game. Liu and Chen also performed brilliantly in the journey till the final but they had no answer to the excellent form of the Indian pair. Satwik and Chirag soon 5. Took a lead of 1. After this, Chen and Liu made a comeback with four consecutive points. When the score is 7 When it was 7, the Chinese pair made a rally of 39 shots and scored 10. Took lead by 7. He hit some long rallies but Chirag made a stormy return and took the score to 10. 10 done.
After the break Satwik and Chirag scored 14. Made a lead of 11. This increase will soon reach 16. Turned 12. The Chinese pair scored three points but after this the Indian pair won the game by scoring five consecutive points. In the second game the Indian pair scored 8. Started with 3 and maintained a lead of five points till the break. Chen and Liu scored three points continuously but Satwik broke their rhythm. When the score is 15 When it was 11, Satwik got a warning for delaying the game and Chirag lost two points due to which the Chinese pair was 15. Took a lead of 14. However, after this the Indian pair performed brilliantly and did not give them any chance again.