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Spain Masters: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Eye Another Title; PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth Look To Regain Form

Newly-crowned Swiss Open doubles champion Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will look to continue their consistent run, while singles stars such as PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth will hope to regain form at the Madrid Spain Masters which gets underway in Madrid on Tuesday. Satwik and Chirag notched up the first title for India this season when they defeated China's world No. 21 Ren Xiang Yu and Tan Qiang 21-19 24-22 in the summit clash of Swiss Open in Basel on Sunday.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Win Swiss Open Men's Doubles Title

The Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat China's Tang Qian and Ren Yu Xiang 21-19 and 24-22 to win the men's doubles title in Swiss Open Super Series 300 2023 on Sunday. Satwik and Chirag, the 2022 World Championships bronze medallist, were involved in a closely-fought affair with the Chinese pair. The second-seeded Indian pair, the 2022 World Championships bronze medallist, was solid in defence and dished out an attacking game to outwit the world No. 21 pair 21-19, 24-22 in 54 minutes.

PV Sindhu Exits, Satwik-Chirag Duo Enters Quarters Of Swiss Open

Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu failed to defend her Swiss Open Super 300 badminton title as she was shocked by unseeded Putri Kusuma Wardani of Indonesia in a thrilling three-game women's singles second round match here. World no.9 Sindhu, seeded fourth here, was stunned 15-21 21-12 18-21 by the 38th ranked Wardani in their first-ever face-off at the international level on Thursday night. But second-seeded men's pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty kept India's flag flying by entering the quarterfinals with a hard-fought 12-21 21-17 28-26 win over Taiwanese pair of Fang-Chih Lee and Fang-Jen Lee.

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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Duo Enters Semi-final Of Swiss Open

Dynamic Indian doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty has entered the semi-finals of the Swiss Open Super Series 300 badminton event defeating the Danish pair of Jeppe Bay and Lasse Molhede in three hard-fought games. On Friday night, the Indian pair fought off the challenge in 54 minutes, winning 15-21, 21-11, 21-14. The victory came after a hard-fought 84-minute quarter-final battle and now they will face the Malaysian pair of Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi late on Saturday night. Satwik-Chirag are the only Indian contenders left in a tournament where the likes of PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen suffered early defeats.

HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth Exit Swiss Open In Second Round

World No. 9 and fifth seed H S Prannoy made a stunning second-round exit from the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament after losing in straight games against unseeded Christo Popov of France on Thursday. Prannoy, favourite coming into the contest, looked a pale shadow of himself in front of world No. 40 Popov as he failed to give any fight, losing 8-21, 8-21 to bow out of the men's singles event. It turned out to be a bad in office for Indian shuttlers as Kidambi Srikanth was the first to crash out on Thursday, losing to Hong Kong's Cheuk Yiu Lee.

PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy Advance To Pre-quarterfinals Of Swiss Open

Star Indian shuttler HS Prannoy beat All England Championships finalist Shi Yu Qi of China to storm into the men's singles pre-quarterfinals at the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament in Basel. World number 9 Prannoy continued his good run as he recovered from a second game slump to notch up a 21-17 19-21 21-17 win over Shi Yu Qi, who is a 2018 world championships silver medallist, in the men's singles opening round. Two-time Olympic medallist and fourth seed PV Sindhu too made a positive start to her title defence, beating Jenjira Stadelmann of Switzerland 21-9 21-16 in a lop-sided opening round of women's singles.

PV Sindhu Exits, Satwik-Chirag Duo Enters Quarters Of Swiss Open

Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu failed to defend her Swiss Open Super 300 badminton title as she was shocked by unseeded Putri Kusuma Wardani of Indonesia in a thrilling three-game women's singles second round match here. World no.9 Sindhu, seeded fourth here, was stunned 15-21 21-12 18-21 by the 38th ranked Wardani in their first-ever face-off at the international level on Thursday night. But second-seeded men's pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty kept India's flag flying by entering the quarterfinals with a hard-fought 12-21 21-17 28-26 win over Taiwanese pair of Fang-Chih Lee and Fang-Jen Lee.

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Spain Masters: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Eye Another Title; PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth Look To Regain Form

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Win Swiss Open Men's Doubles Title

PV Sindhu Exits, Satwik-Chirag Duo Enters Quarters Of Swiss Open

Not just for seniors: Pickleball growing in popularity among younger people in Singapore

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Duo Enters Semi-final Of Swiss Open

HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth Exit Swiss Open In Second Round

PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy Advance To Pre-quarterfinals Of Swiss Open

PV Sindhu Exits, Satwik-Chirag Duo Enters Quarters Of Swiss Open