Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty reached their third semi-final of the year with a dominant 21-17, 21-15 victory against world No.1 pair of Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin of Malaysia at the Singapore Open BWF Super-750 tournament on Friday.
The world No. 27 pair’s win against the World No. 1 cannot be considered an upset as Satwik-Chirag are making a comeback from injury and enjoy a 6-2 win-loss record against them.
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Still, it was a revenge of sorts as Goh and Nur had stunned the Indians in the semifinals of the India Open earlier this year. Chirag described the victory as sweet.
“It’s a big victory because we are world No. 27 right now. The last time we played in Singapore, we were the world No. 1. It feels good to beat Goh and Izzudin because we lost to them at the beginning of this year in the semifinals of the India Open. Sweet victory, really happy with the way we have played over the last couple of days and we are looking forward to tomorrow,” said Chirag, who was not sure if he’s recovered fully.
“We didn’t know if we will be able to play at Singapore. We just trained for 10 days in the last two months. I had doubts whether I would be able to play. With my back condition, I didn’t know how it would be. But it’s really amazing how we are playing now,” Chirag said.
Satwik was satisfied for avenging the India Open loss. “We have played them many times. They took a break, came back and started playing well. At the India Open, it was a close set in the first game and we were not able to capitalise,” he said. “We were well prepared here, focusing more on our strategy than our opponents. We wanted to play our ‘A’ game and see what they would come up with. We focused on preparing for every point and supporting each other.”
The unseeded Indians will face third seeds Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the semifinals. The Malaysians enjoy a 9-3 win-loss record and had defeated Satwik-Chirag at the Paris Olympics.
The world No. 27 pair’s win against the World No. 1 cannot be considered an upset as Satwik-Chirag are making a comeback from injury and enjoy a 6-2 win-loss record against them.
Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel.
Still, it was a revenge of sorts as Goh and Nur had stunned the Indians in the semifinals of the India Open earlier this year. Chirag described the victory as sweet.
“It’s a big victory because we are world No. 27 right now. The last time we played in Singapore, we were the world No. 1. It feels good to beat Goh and Izzudin because we lost to them at the beginning of this year in the semifinals of the India Open. Sweet victory, really happy with the way we have played over the last couple of days and we are looking forward to tomorrow,” said Chirag, who was not sure if he’s recovered fully.
“We didn’t know if we will be able to play at Singapore. We just trained for 10 days in the last two months. I had doubts whether I would be able to play. With my back condition, I didn’t know how it would be. But it’s really amazing how we are playing now,” Chirag said.
Satwik was satisfied for avenging the India Open loss. “We have played them many times. They took a break, came back and started playing well. At the India Open, it was a close set in the first game and we were not able to capitalise,” he said. “We were well prepared here, focusing more on our strategy than our opponents. We wanted to play our ‘A’ game and see what they would come up with. We focused on preparing for every point and supporting each other.”
The unseeded Indians will face third seeds Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the semifinals. The Malaysians enjoy a 9-3 win-loss record and had defeated Satwik-Chirag at the Paris Olympics.
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