Satwik and Chirag had won the first game 21-18 and were 13-14 down in the second when Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin of Chinese Taipei retired, handing the match to the Indians.
After their opponents retired midway through Saturday’s semi-final match, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty became the first Indian men’s doubles team to reach the final of the Badminton Asia Championships.
Satwik and Chirag had won the first game 21-18 and were 13-14 down in the second when Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin of Chinese Taipei retired, handing the match to the Indians.
Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi, eighth-developed Malaysians who defeated Japan’s Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi, fourth-developed Malaysians, in the previous round, will compete against them in Sunday’s decisive match.
Satwik said that their rivals’ decision to concede was “unfortunate” and that the match ended that way. “On the other hand, the first match went well for us; In contrast to previous competitions, we performed well. We attended. “We were denying them access to the open doors,” Satwik stated.
“Our plan worked perfectly. It was a pleasure to compete in the finals in front of such a large group as the one in India. “It’s always a nearby against the Malaysians,” Chirag stated on Sunday. concerning their most recent competitors. We are the attackers, while they are the defenders. It will be a successful game.
Satwik and Chirag advanced to a memorable elimination round after defeating Indonesia’s accomplished Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan 21-11 21-12 in the quarterfinals on Friday. India will win its first men’s doubles medal in 52 years at the continental competition.
In the people’s singles rivalries, PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy had both lost in the quarterfinals.
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