Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Pair Ensures Men's Doubles Medal After 52 Years In Badminton Asia Championships
India's top men's doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty assured a men's doubles medal at the Badminton Asia Championships after 52 years after outplaying Indonesia's experienced duo Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the quarterfinals on Friday. The Indian pair won by 21-11 21-12. Rankireddy and Shetty now face Chinese Taipei's Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin in the last four encounter. Earlier, two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu squandered a game lead to go down against second seed An Se Young of Korea in the women's singles quarterfinals.
