The Indian double pair of men Satwiksairaj Randireddy and Chirag Shetty remained at the course for their first season title and on Friday they attacked the Singapores open semifinals with a direct victory over the world Malaysian duo Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin.
Making a return after fight against fitness problems over the past few weeksThe Indian couple exhibited rock defense and dominated the front court with an accuracy to register 21-17, 21-15 victories in the 39-minute quarterfinal clash at the Super 750 badminton tournament.
“Yeah, it’s a big victory. Because we’re world number 27 right now. We were the world’s leader last year. So, yeah, it’s really good that we could beat Goh and Izzuddin.
“Really happy with how we played in the last few days. And I’m looking forward to tomorrow.”
Satwik and Chirag will continue to face the third seeds of Aaron Chia and SOH WOOI YIK from Malaysia.
“We played them many times. We couldn’t earn an open India. But we were well prepared. We focus more on our strategy than the opponent’s strategy. We wanted to play our game and see what they were coming up with,” said Satwik, who was down with health problems in April.
“We don’t just think too much about opponents. We’re preparing every point at any point. We support each other and it was a quiet two -month journey. So, really happy with how we played and look forward to the next one.”
This is their third semifinal appearance of the season when it has achieved the last four phases in Malaysia and India open at the beginning of this year. The last time they both played in March at the All England championships, which ended in Chiragus with a deterioration of back injuries and the duo was forced to resign in the second round. Chirag, 27 -year -old from Bombai, said he had doubts whether he could play in Singapore.
“I improve every day. We really didn’t know how and if we could play in Singapore, because frankly, we just trained for 10 days in a range of two months,” he said.
“And for me I had a lot of doubt if I could play, because with my back condition I really didn’t know how it could. But I think it’s really amazing that we could play as we are.”
Former World No. 1 Indians organized a record of 6-2 heads to their heads against the Malaysians who got into the match, although they lost their last meeting in Open India. The match began with two disorders of service in the first four points and represented a short assembly, because both couples seemed to make angular returns and attack the earliest occasion.
As a result, the score has moved evenly from 1-1 to 7-7 before the Indians gained a three-point pillow at the interval, while Satwik dictated and the third shot. The Indian couple kept pressure to increase 15-11 before Satwik made a service mistake and Izzuddin released a jump to narrow the gap to 13-15.
The brutal forehand smash from Satwik pushed India forward at 18-15. Izzuddin then hit one wide and Chirag, who had previously sent a shot for a long time, redeemed with a straight break up to earn three game points. Goh buried the return on the network to the network and gave the Indians an opening game and a blow to the advantage.
Chirag made several mistakes at the beginning of the second game, but the Indians maintained a step on high-speed exchanges, with a score of 6-6. Satwik and Chirag then pulled out four consecutive points before the unforced error stopped their dynamics. Strike from Chirag forced a weak return from Izzuddin to the net and provided India with an four -point lead.
The sharp backhand on the net took Indians at 15-9 after the break. Satwik then sent a stormy breaking to do it 16-10. Although the Indians made several unforced mistakes, Satwik created another sharp return to get five points of the match. They sealed victory after another mistake from their opponents.
Published:
Rishabh beniwal
Published on:
May 30, 2025
