Badminton
BWF World Championships 2023: Satwik/Chirag; Treesa/Gayatri progress to pre-quaterfinals - Highlights
Both Indian doubles pairs Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty and Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand win respective round of 32 matches at of BWF World Championships 2023.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty
World number two pair Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty begin their BWF World Championships campaign against Kenneth Zhe Hooi and Ming Chuen Lim of Australia with dominant win of 21-16, 21-9.
In women's doubles, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand beat Chang Ching Hui and Yang Chin Tun of Chinese Taipei 21-18, 21-10 to progress to the third round.
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- 23 Aug 2023 2:26 PM GMT
Satwik-Chirag wins easily
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
- 23 Aug 2023 2:22 PM GMT
Satwik-Chirag leads in game 2
Satwik-Chirag has good lead of 7 points in second game.
- 23 Aug 2023 2:16 PM GMT
Satwik-Chirag wins first game
Satwik-Chirag wins first game quickly 21-16 in 14 minutes.
- 23 Aug 2023 2:15 PM GMT
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in action.
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
- 23 Aug 2023 8:40 AM GMT
Treesa/Gayatri win 21-18, 21-10
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.
- 23 Aug 2023 8:36 AM GMT
Treesa/Gayatri lead 18-10 in Game 2
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.
- 23 Aug 2023 8:32 AM GMT
Treesa/Gayatri lead 12-8 in Game 2
11-8 at the break and Treesa and Gayatri are closing in on the win in rapid time.
- 23 Aug 2023 8:26 AM GMT
Treesa/Gayatri lead 7-4 in 2nd game
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.
- 23 Aug 2023 8:19 AM GMT
Treesa/Gayatri win 1st game 21-18
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.
- 23 Aug 2023 8:09 AM GMT
Treesa/Gayatri lead 13-10
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.
