Asian Games champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the men's doubles semifinal with a straight-game win over Indonesia's Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin at the China Masters Super 750 badminton tournament in Shenzhen on Friday. (More Badminton News)
The top-seeded Indian pair ✨dished out an attacking game to outwit the wor🅘ld no. 13 Indonesian combination 21-16 21-14 in 46 minutes.
Satwik and Chirag, who won the Indonesia Super 1000, Kore🐈a Super 500 and Swis🦄s Super 300 this year, will face the winner of the other quarterfinal match between two Chinese pairs -- He Ji Ting and Ren Xiang Yu and eighth seeds Liu Yu Chen and Ou Xuan Yi.
The former world number one Indian duo showed great coordination as they interchanged their positions frequently and also altered the direction of their stinging attack which made life difficult for their Indonesian✱ rivals, who wilted under pressure.
The match started on an even keel with both the pairs fighting tooth and nail. But th🌟e Indian combination soon started dominating the proceedings with an o♕nslaught of attacking shots to break off at 14-14.
Chir🐻ag mad🐻e some right judgements as they were 19-16 up soon and then the Mumbaikar displayed his attacking intent once again, coming to the front court after serving to quickly close out the issue with a quick return.
Thꦓe Indians kept up the tempo to surge to a 5-2 lead early in the second game. A few taps went to the net from but they ensured a two-point lead at 7-5 with Satwik unleashing a stiff return.
A flurry of smashes took the Indians to a healthy 11-6 advant⛎ag🌃e at the interval.
The Indonesians couldn't match the attack of their rivals, who were relentless from the first point. Theꦿ Indians quickly moved to 17-10. The longest rally of the match with 48 shots ensued next with Marthin producing a precise smash.
A lucky net chord put the Indians three poi꧟nts away and Marthin next went to the net as they grabbed seven match points.
Satwik and Chirag squ🅷andered one before winning a vi🧸deo referral to seal their last four place.
