Satwik-Chirag win Thailand Open 2024: India’s star men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have won the Thailand Open Super 500 badminton men’s doubles title in a spectacular performance ahead of the Paris Olympics. The pair of Satwik and Chirag won the Thailand Open title by defeating Liu Yi and Chen Bo Yang of China. Strengthening their preparations for the Paris Olympics, the world number three pair registered a 21-15, 21-15 win over the 29th ranked opposition team. This is the Asian Games champion pair’s second BWF World Tour title of the season and ninth of their career.
Amazing pairing of Satwik and Chirag
The pair of Satwik and Chirag started this year by winning the French Open Super 750 title. Now she has also been successful in winning the title of Thailand Open. Earlier, both had been runners-up in Malaysia Super 1000 and India Super 750. After the victory, Chirag said that Bangkok is special for us. We won the Super Series here for the first time in 2019 and then the Thomas Cup. Satwik and Chirag had lost in the second round at the All England Championships. After this, Satwik could not play the Asian Championship due to injury. He could not perform well even in the Thomas Cup.
Captured the title without losing a match
The pair of Satwik and Chirag had 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 quickly took a 5-1 lead in the final match. After this, Chen and Liu made a comeback with four consecutive points. When the score was 7-7, the Chinese pair made a rally of 39 shots and took the lead 10-7. He hit some long rallies but Chirag made the score 10-10 through stormy returns. After the break, Satwik and Chirag took a lead of 14.11. This lead soon became 16-12. 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 started with an 8-3 lead and maintained a five-point lead at the break. Chen and Liu scored three points in a row but Satwik broke their rhythm. When the score was 15-11, Satwik was warned for delay of game and Chirag lost two points, giving the Chinese pair a 15-14 lead. However, after this the Indian pair performed brilliantly and did not give them any chance again.
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