BWF World Tour Finals: Satwik-Chirag beat Olympic medalist Liang-Wang in opener - Highlights
Catch all the highlights from the matchday-1 of the 2025 BWF World Tour Finals in Hangzhou, China.
Satwik-Chirag to begin their campaign at the 2025 BWF World Tour Finals. (File Photo)
Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty begin their campaign at the 2025 BWF World Tour Finals in Hangzhou, China, on Wednesday.
The third-seeded pair defeated the Olympic medalists Chinese duo of Liang Wei-Keng and Wang Chang, in their opening group match to become first Indian men's doubles pair to win a match at World Tour Finals.
As it happened:
Do tune in for the second group match of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on Thursday.
The Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty survived a match point in the second game to edge past the Paris medalists in the opening game of the tournament.
The duo are now in a joint top position in Group A alongside Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi-yik of Malaysia, who defeated their Indonesian opponents earlier today.
Coming out of a game down, Satwik-Chirag showed some great attacking shots in final game to register just their 4th win against Liang-Wang in their 11th meeting.
Final score: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 12-21, 22-20, 21-14 Liang-Wang (CHN)
Game-3: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 21-14 Liang-Wang (CHN)
Game-3: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 19-13 Liang-Wang (CHN)
Game-3: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 17-12 Liang-Wang (CHN)
Game-3: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 13-10 Liang-Wang (CHN)
Game-3: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 11-9 Liang-Wang (CHN)
Game-3: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 7-9 Liang-Wang (CHN)
Game-3: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 6-6 Liang-Wang (CHN)
Game-3: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 3-2 Liang-Wang (CHN)
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