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BWF World Tour Super: India's campaign in the China Masters 2024 came to an end on Saturday with the top men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty went down fighting to a South Korean pair in the semifinals in the BWF World Tour Super 750 event.

Rankireddy and Shetty, the sixth-seeded pair in the event, lost in three games to Jin Yong and Seo Seung Jae of the Republic of Korea 18-21, 21-14, 16-21 in a 74-minute encounter on Court 1 at Shenzhen Gymnasium.

The Indian pair had reached its first semifinal since the Paris Olympic Games and was confident of reaching the final. However, the reigning Commonwealth and Asian Games gold medallists and 2022 World Championships bronze medallists got off to an indifferent start as they lost the first game.