BWF World Championships 2023: Satwik/Chirag; Treesa/Gayatri progress to pre-quaterfinals - Highlights

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty moves to pre-quaterfinal with dominating 21-16, 21-9 win against Kenneth Zhe Hooi Choo and Ming Chuen Lim

Satwik-Chirag has good lead of 7 points in second game.

Satwik-Chirag wins first game quickly 21-16 in 14 minutes. 

Indian world no. 2 pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are up against Australian world no. 159 pair of Kenneth Zhe Hooi Choo and Ming Chuen Lim

10 match points after 38 minutes in the match. And just 1 of them needed. As clinical as you like. Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, the 15th seeds, win 21-18, 21-10 in 38 minutes. They are through to the Round of 16. Next up they are likely to face the top seeds, so a big test coming up for them.

For today, the only other match featuring Indians, Satwik and Chirag vs an Australian duo, will be in the second half of the day. Not before 7 pm IST.

Mistakes begin to flow freely from Chang and Yang. Gayatri makes a rare service fault to give Taipei a rare point but the rhythm is back with the Indians again.

A huge 8-point gap now.

11-8 at the break and Treesa and Gayatri are closing in on the win in rapid time.

There were some early nerves in the first game, no such trouble in the second. Treesa and Gayatri begin pulling away from the outset, adapting to the wind on the other side of the net quickly.

The Taipei pair keep clawing at the lead. Treesa now with a series of flat smashes from the net to douse the fightback. 4 game points. They need just 3 of those.

The Indian pair goes into the mid-game interval with a narrow lead. The scores remain tight after resumption too. Gayatri smashes one as India get into a 3-point lead.