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Soh Wooi Yik:  Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty sailed into badminton men's doubles final at the 19th Asian Games, defeating the former world champion Malaysian duo of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the semifinal, here on Friday.

Satwik and Chirag, the world no. 3 pair, registered a 21-17, 21-12 win over the Malaysians, who are the Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist, to seal the place in the final.

The opening game began was an extremely tight affair till the halfway stage as both sides not willing to let go of even an inch, with the Indian were leading 11-10 at the time of mid-game break.