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World Badminton Championship: men's pair Satwik-Chirag advances to quarters; Treesa-Gayatri ousted i
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World Badminton Championship: Men's Pair Satwik-Chirag Advances To Quarters; Treesa-Gayatri Ousted In Women's Doubles

By IANS News August 25, 2023 • 10:34 AM View: 435

BWF World Badminton Championships: India's top men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty struggled their way into the quarterfinals at the BWF World Badminton Championships even as the women's combine of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand crashed out to China's Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan in the pre-quarterfinals on Thursday.

The second-seeded Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, the Commonwealth Games men's doubles gold medallists, overcame the sixth-seeded Indonesians Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin of Indonesia in three games, winning 21-15, 19-21, 21-9 in 61 minutes. A bronze medallist in this event, the World No.2 Indian pair is hoping to win their maiden World Championship title this time and overcame a loss in a tight second game to prevail over the Indonesians.

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