Hong Kong Open 2025: Satwik-Chirag pair suffers defeat in final
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty finished runner-up at Hong Kong Open, a BWF World Tour Super 500 event, after going down in three games to China’s Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang in the final on Sunday.
The eighth-seeded Indian duo bagged the opening game but Liang and Wang bounced back to clinch the second before dominating the majority of the decider for a 19-21, 21-14, 21-17 win in 61 minutes.
Satwik and Chirag, two-time World Championships bronze medallists, have not won a title on the BWF World Tour since the Thailand Open in May last year.
Later in the day, Lakshya Sen faces China’s Li Shi Feng in the men’s singles final.
More to follow…
Published on Sep 14, 2025