China Masters: Satvik-Chirag pair in semi-finals, PV Sindhu out of China Masters

New Delhi. India’s star badminton player Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have reached the semi -finals of the China Masters Super 750 badminton tournament. Recently, the Indian pair, who made it to the finals of the Hong Kong tournament, won the final 4 ticket by winning the straight game, while PV Sindhu came out of the tournament after losing in the straight game in the women’s single quarter -finals against the world’s number one, Korea’s number one player. The world’s number one pair Satvik and Chirag, who won the second bronze at the World Championships in Paris and runner-up at the Hong Kong Open, defeated Rain Shiang You and Shia Honan of China 21-14 21-14.

At this time, Satwik, occupied in the ninth place in the world rankings and Chirag can face the second -seeded second -seeded Malaysia Aaron Chia and Soh Wui Yik. Earlier, two-time Olympic medalist Sindhu lost 14-21, 13-21 against the 23-year-old Korean player who won a gold medal at the Paris Olympics in 38 minutes. This was the eighth consecutive defeat against Sindhu’s Aan. She has not yet won a single match against the Korea player.

Sindhu started poorly

He said, ‘Last week it was not good for me but it is positive to reach the quarter -finals here. Now there is a need to maintain this rhythm. Sindhu started poorly and she was trailing 1-6 at a time in the first game, but later she scored 5-9. Ann, however, took a lead of 11-5 by the break. Sindhu managed to bring the score closer at 11–14, but the Korean player kept his grip and easily got his name.

Korean player did not look back
In the second game, Sindhu took a 3–2 lead for some time, but Ann soon gained control. The Indian player tried to take an edge with aggressive sports and at one time she was trailing 7-8, but the finest sports and variety of Aan put her ahead 11-7 till the break. The Korean player did not look back after this and retained the semi -finals, retaining his dominance against the Indian player.