Malaysia Open: Satwik-Chirag enter quarters; Treesa-Gayatri exit – Highlights

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That's all we have from the Malaysia Open Super 1000 tonight. The day started with a lot of hope for Indian fans, but ends with only the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty left in contention for the quarter-finals.

Malvika Bansod, Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand, Sathish Karunakaran-Aadya Variyath, Tanisha Crasto-Dhruv Kapila all bowed out, losing their respective R16 matches.

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Malvika Bansod LOSES!

Malvika Bansod's run at the Malaysia Open Super 1000 is cut short in the Round of 16. She goes down to Han Yue 18-21, 11-21 in 37 minutes at the Axiata Arena.

Was almost there at the finish line tonight but was not meant to be today.

Disappointed for losing out on an opportunity to go deeper in this tournament, but feels good to be back playing at this level again 👊✊

Next up - Indian open 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/EBS5Sr2o9W

— PRANNOY HS (@PRANNOYHSPRI) January 9, 2025

Han Yue on the charge

Han Yue has completely switched the gears in the second game. She has cut down the errors and Malvika Bansod has no answers. The Indian trails 3-11 at the mid-game interval.

This should be over very quickly by the looks of it.

Malvika Bansod surrenders Game 1

Malvika Bansod puts up a good fight, but Han Yue shows why she is the better ranked of the two. The Chinese shuttlers ups the ante in the final stages of the opening game to pocket it 21-18 in 19 minutes.

Can Bansod force a decider?

Malvika Bansod in action

Meanwhile, Malvika Bansod is out on court No 2. She is up against the third seeded Chinese Han Yue. 

What Satwik-Chirag had to say after match?

"Happy to be back on court and a good start to the year," said Chirag Shetty after the win. 

"All good [about his shoulder injury]. It was a bit hectic after the Olympics, but we are fresh and good to go. We started with a new coach, so no pressure nothing. We wanted to play as many matches as possible, go as long as possible," said Satwiksairaj Rankireddy.

Satwik-Chirag reach quarter-finals

India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have made their way into the quarter-finals of the 2024 Malaysia Open Super 1000.

They beat Malaysia's N Azriyn and Tan Wee Kiong 21-15, 21-15 in 45 minutes.

Next up: Satwik/Chirag.

HSP Prannoy loses the marathon!

He was third time unlucky!

The smash hit the net and with that, Prannoy loses against Li Shi Feng 8-21, 21-15, and 21-23.