Xtra Time Web Desk: India’s star badminton pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty made history on Saturday by reaching the final of the Badminton Asia Championships in Dubai. The Indian pair entered the final after their opponents retired midway through the semi-final match.
After winning the first game, Satwik and Chirag were trailing 13-14 in the second when the Chinese Taipei duo of Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin retired, handing the match to the Indians.
They face the eighth-seeded Malaysian pair of Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi, who defeated fourth seeds Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan 21-6, 26-24 in the other semi-final, in the final on Sunday.
PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy had lost in the quarter-finals in the women’s and men’s singles respectively.