Defending champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on Thursday pulled out of the India Open Super 750 after the former suffered a hip injury. (More Badminton News)
"Satwik pulled his left hip adductor, so decided to con▨cede the match," Chirag told PTI.
Earlier, the Badminton Association of India (BAI) had said in an update that Satwik h🔯ad suffered a groin injury.
The world No. 5 Indian pair was scheduled to take on China's🐽 Liu Yu Chen and Ou Xuan Yi, who had claimed the BWF World Tour Finals in December last year, in the round of 16.
Satwik and Chirag ha🏅d claimed a semi-final finish at the Malaysia Open Super 1000 tournament in Kuala Lumpur last week.
The pair broke new ground in 2022, winning two World tour titles -- the India Open▨ Super 500 and French Open Super 750 --, securing the Commonwealth Games gold, anchoring India's epic Thomas Cup triumph, and bagging a maiden bronze ♋at the World Championships.
