Satwik-Chirag trail 7-8
The first long rally of the final and the Chinese hang on and then force the error from the Indians.
7-6 Satchi lead
The Indians are real aggressive here today. Their smashes are coming in think and fast with the Chinese unable to retrieve.
Sat-Chi ahead at 5-3
Short-points and swift exchanges, as is the case with these doubles encounters. The Indians have looked solid thus far.
4-1 Sat-Chi
Brisk opening exchanges from the players and the Indians are looking to start on an upbeat note.
We're all set now
The warm ups are done and the players are set to begin.
Here we go!!
Chen & Liu are currently ranked 29.
Both play right-handed and will come in as a bit of an unknown entity for the Indians, who are the favourites in this final
The Indians are in red-hot form
While Satwik-Chirag haven't dropped a game, Chen and Liu have dropped just one game all tournament long.
The warm-ups underway...
A win here will catapult the Indians to No.1 in the world.
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