Xtra Time Web Desk: Star Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty bounced back a game down to clinch the doubles gold at the Badminton Asia Championships in Dubai on Sunday. The duo beat eight seed Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi of Malaysia 16-21, 21-17, 21-19. This is the first doubles gold for India in BAC and the second gold since Dinesh Khanna won it in singles 58 years back.
Satwik & Chirag is yet to lose a tournament final since the Syed Modi International a few years ago. They claimed the Swiss Open Super 300 title in Basel, showed tremendous grit as they never gave up after losing the first game and being 7-13 and 11-15 in the second and third game to secure the first gold for India in doubles.
It was the second title of the season for Satwik and Chirag, who continued to remain the best shuttlers for the country on display this season. Besides the Asia Championships title, Satwik and Chirag also won the 2022 Commonwealth Games and five career titles on the BWF World Tour.
The Indians came into the summit clash after sharing the honours in six meetings, with Satwik and Chirag coming up trumps in the semi-final of the Swiss Open in March this year.