Hong Kong, 13 September (). Saturday was a great day for India in Hong Kong Open 2025. Lakshya Sen entered the final of the men’s singles. At the same time, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty made it to the finals of the men’s doubles.
24-year-old Lakshya Sen defeated Chinese Taipei’s Chow Tien Chen 23-21, 22-20 in a 56-minute tough match in the semi-finals.
Sen has reached the final of Super 500 for the first time since 2023. Now he will face World No. 4 China Shi Feng. This match is expected to be extremely exciting. Sen has a 7-6 lead on Chinese star. So the final will be very exciting and tough.
Earlier, Satwik and Chirag achieved success after a long gap of a year and reached the finals for the first time after winning the gold medal at the Asian Games in October 2023. The 9th Indian pair in the world defeated Chinese Taipei’s non-enlightened pair Bing-Vai Lynn and Chenn Cheng Kuan 21-17 21-15 to break the disappointing sequence of six consecutive semi-final defeats in 2025.
In the final, Satwik and Chirag will face China’s third priority pair Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang. Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang defeated Hamntan Feng-Chuh and Feng-Jen Lee 21-19, 21-8 in the semi-finals.
The 24 -year -old Satvik bench is struggling with the persistent problem, an elbow injury and personal suffering of losing his father in February 2025. 28 -year -old Chirag is also constantly struggling with back problems, affecting her rhythm and has to withdraw from the game several times. Despite these failures, the pair won a bronze medal at the BWF World Championship at the beginning of the year.
Lakshya Sen has a chance to win the title with Satvik and Chirag, considered the pioneer of the Indian men’s doubles.
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