Thailand Open 2024: Satwik-Chirag pair through to final

India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Lu Ming-Che and Tang Kai-Wei of Chinese Taipei 21-11, 21-12 to enter the Thailand Open final on Saturday.

From the start, the top seeded pair never lost control of the game despite some slip ups in the second game but managed to come back to end the match in 35 minutes.

While the Taiwanese pair seemed to have gained the upper hand in the first half of the second game, seven consecutive game points gave the Asian Games gold medallist a 17-10 lead.

The Indian duo will face China’s Chen Bo Yang and Liu Yi, who beat the South Korean duo of Kim Gi Jung and Kim Sa Rang 21-19, 21-18, in the summit clash.

Other Indians in fray are Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa, who will fight against Thailand’s Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai in the women’s doubles semifinal.