Malaysia Open: India’s Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty crashed out of the Malaysia Super 1000 badminton tournament after losing in straight games to Korea’s Kim Won Ho and Seo Seung Jae in the semi-finals of the Malaysia Super 1000 badminton tournament.
Seventh seeded Satwik and Chirag were defeated by 10.00 in the semi-finals that lasted 40 minutes. 21, 15. Had to face defeat by 21. After the defeat, Satwik said, “They played very well and we could have executed the strategy better.” We played some bad strokes but his performance was excellent.
He said, “The pace of the game was quite slow today but it happens.” This was a good lesson for us. It is disappointing but we still have a long way to go.” The Asian Games champion Indian pair fell by 6 points in the first game itself. Was lagging behind by 11. Despite all their efforts, they could not make a comeback and the Korean pair won the first game in 19 minutes.
After the break, Satwik and Chirag performed better and at one time the score was 11. 8 done. After this he could not maintain the rhythm and lost the match. Satwik, who could not play much after the Paris Olympics due to injury, said that if he had worked more on the mental aspect, he could have performed better.
He said, “We were working hard but they scored easily and took the pressure off.” I think we should have worked harder mentally. There should have been more aggression.” Now Satwik and Chirag will play the India Open Super 750 tournament from January 14. In this, they will face Wei Chong Man and Kei Wun Tee of Malaysia in the first round.
