Satwik-Chirag, HS Prannoy enter Indonesia Open semifinals Kidambi Srikant out.
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Indonesia Open
Satwik-Chirag, HS Prannoy enter Indonesia Open semifinals Kidambi Srikant out. Shuttlers from around the world are currently facing each other in the Indonesia Open World Tour Super 1000 tournament. There was a good news and a bad news for India on Friday in this tournament. In fact, India’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have reached the semi-finals. But India’s veteran shuttler Kidambi Srikanth is out after losing.
Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in semi-finals
Satwik-Chirag, HS Prannoy enter Indonesia Open semifinals Kidambi Srikant out. India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the semi-finals of the Indonesia Open World Tour Super 1000 event with a straight-game win over top seeds Fajar Alfiyan and Muhammad Riyan Ardianto in the men’s doubles quarterfinals, here on Friday. World Championship silver medalist Kidambi Srikanth, however, crashed out of the men’s singles competition after losing to China’s Li Shi Feng in the quarterfinals. The Indian went down 14-21 21-14 12-21 to the world number 10 in a hard-fought match that lasted one hour and nine minutes.
the previous defeat was counted as equal
With this win, Feng avenged his previous loss to Srikanth. In two matches between the two players, both have registered one win each. The seventh seeded pair of Satwik and Chirag did not have much trouble in defeating the Indonesian men’s doubles pair. The Indian pair won the match 21-13 21-13 in a 41-minute match. Satwik and Chirag will face the winner of the quarterfinal between Korea’s Min Hyuk Kang and Seung Jae Seo and Indonesia’s Leo Roli Karnando and Daniel Marthin in the semi-finals.
Srikanth had to face defeat in the end
Srikanth raced to a 2-0 lead in the opening set but thereafter made a string of unforced errors to pay the price. The Chinese player took an 11-7 lead at the break in the first game. Feng then continued to lead and easily took the first game. The start of the second game saw an equal contest between the two players but Srikanth soon found his old rhythm and took an 11-6 lead at the break. They won this game by continuing to play aggressively. Satwik-Chirag, HS Prannoy enter Indonesia Open semifinals Kidambi Srikant out.
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