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Singapore Open: Lot of positives for Satwik-Chirag despite Semis loss

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June 02. 2025

India's top men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty crashed out of the Singapore Open, losing the Malaysian combine of Aaron Chia and Wooi Yik Soh in a semifinal clash on Saturday.

The Indian duo went down to the third-seeded Malaysian pair in three hard-fought games, 21-19, 10-21, 18-21, in a Court 1 battle that lasted over an hour.

Satwik-Chirag, who trail 2-10 in head-to-head to the Malaysian pair, won the first game after winning five points in a row to take the lead midway through the game. From 12-8, they maintained their upper hand and went on to win from an 18-18 score. Their rivals took control of the second game from the start, opening up a 4-0 lead and then extending it to 7-1. Though the Indians tried their best for a comeback, Chia and Soh went on to win the game 21-10 and levelled the scores.

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