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Korea Open Final Highlights: Satwik-Chirag fights back to win 3rd title in 2023- Scores, Results, Updates
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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty
World number 3 pair Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will face top-seeded and world number 1 pair Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Adrianto in the finals of Korea Open 2023.
This will be the fifth meeting of the two pairs with both of them winning twice.
Can the Indian pair make it 3-2 and win another BWF World Tour title?
Stay tuned for updates.
Live Updates
- 23 July 2023 7:14 AM GMT
Game 2: Satwik-Chirag takes 15-10 lead
Fajar Alfian-Rian Ardianto is back in the game with two quick points. Misjudgement from Chirag gives the Indonesians a couple of points.
But the Indians are getting easy points. A soft flick from Satwik finds Alfian wanting on his end. Satwik-Chirag leads 15-10 in the second game.
- 23 July 2023 7:13 AM GMT
Game 2: Satwik-Chirag takes 14-13 lead
Fajar Alfian-Rian Ardianto is back in the game with two quick points. Misjudgement from Chirag gives the Indonesians a couple of points.
But the Indians are getting easy points. A soft flick finds Alfian wanting on his end. Satwik-Chirag leads 14-10 in the second game.
- 23 July 2023 7:10 AM GMT
Game 2: Satwik-Chirag leads 11-8 at the interval
Finally, Chirag and Satwik take control of the net, and Alfian-Ardianto makes some unforced errors which give the Indians an 11-8 lead at the second game interval
- 23 July 2023 7:07 AM GMT
Satwik's smash gives India 8-6 lead
Fajar Alfian-Rian Ardianto has drawn level in Game 2 at 6-6, but Satwik-Chirag is giving a tough fight and takes two fine points. Satwik has been phenomenal with his smashes again. Satwik-Chirag leads 8-6.
- 23 July 2023 7:05 AM GMT
Game 2: Satwik-Chirag takes lead
Chirag's flick gets India the lead. Ardianto's unforced error further extends India's lead to 6-5.
- 23 July 2023 7:02 AM GMT
Game 2 stands levelled at 3-3
Good rally between the Indian and Indonesian pairings. The second game is going close as the proceeding stands level at 3-3 now.
- 23 July 2023 6:58 AM GMT
Fajar Alfian-Rian Ardianto takes the 1st game
Satwik-Chirag fights back in Game 1 lately, but Fajar Alfian-Rian Ardianto eventually wins the game 21-17.
- 23 July 2023 6:55 AM GMT
Satwik-Chirag takes six points in a row
Chirag creates the game, and Satwik finishes it with a jump smash. The Indians now have won six points in a row. This reduces the gap to 16-19. But the Indonesians are back with a point. They need just a point to take the game.
- 23 July 2023 6:54 AM GMT
15-19: Satwik-Chirag wins 5 points in a row
Superb point for the Indians. They reduce the gap to 15-19. An exchange of crisscrossing rally between Satwik-Chirag and Alfian-Ardianto. The Indians take five points in a row now.
- 23 July 2023 6:51 AM GMT
Fajar Alfian-Rian Ardianto takes 19-12 lead
Unreturnable smash from Ardianto from the baseline. It lands in the middle court, and Satwik attempts to return it but fails. Indonesians are now two points away from game point.
