Indonesia Open LIVE Semifinals – Satwik & Chirag Shetty vs Gideon & Kevin LIVE – India’s top doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered heartbreak as they crashed out of the semi-final of the Indonesia Open. The young Indian pair went down to World No. 1 Indonesia pair of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamujo 21-16, 21-18, who sealed their place in the Finals. The loss menat that India’s campaign at the Indonesia Open 2021 ended, with PV Sindhu earlier crashing out in her women’s singles semi-final. Follow all Indonesia Open LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN
Indonesia Open LIVE Semifinals: Satwik & Chirag Shetty crash out, lose to World No. 1 Gideon & Sukamuljo 21- 16, 21- 18 – Follow LIVE updates
End of 🇮🇳 campaign at #IndonesiaOpen2021 as MD pair @Shettychirag04 & @satwiksairaj went down 16-21, 18-21 against 2020 Tokyo olympics 🥇 medalists, WR-1 pair 🇮🇩’s Marcus Gideon & Kevin Sukamuljo in the last-4.
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— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) November 27, 2021
India’s campaign at the Indonesia Open 2021 came to an end after men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty collapsed to a straight-game defeat in the semi-finals on Saturday.
Playing on Court 1, the Indian duo lost to top-seeds Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon of Indonesia by 21-16, 21-18 in 44 minutes. The Minions got off the blocks very quickly as they took the 11-6 lead after exchanging some rapid rallies with Indians. The Indian pair showed some resistance late in the game but the top seeds from Indonesia, in the end, clinched the opener 21-16 in 16 mins.
Rankireddy-Shetty came strong in the second game as they took a slender 11-10 lead going into the mid-game interval. But the Indonesians showed their extreme composure as they won the game after levelling it on 16-16.
Earlier in the day, India’s ace shuttler P.V. Sindhu lost her semis clash against Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand by 15-21, 21-9, 21-14 in 54 minutes. With this win, Thai shuttler has better her head-to-head record against two-times Olympic medallist Indian by 7-4.
Game 2: Indian pair fight hard but were no match for Gideon and Sukamuljo, who reach the final on the back of a 21-16, 21-18 win.
Game 1: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty struggle to match World No.1 pair, concede Game 1 21-16
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Semifinals Schedule in Indonesia Open 2021
- PV Sindhu (IND) vs Ratchanok Intanon (THA) –
- Satwik / Chirag (IND) vs Gideon / Kevin (INA) –
Indonesia Open LIVE- Semifinals: Rankireddy & Shetty vs Gideon & Sukamuljo – Follow LIVE updates
The two pair have faced each other on 7 occasions and the Indian pair have lost the 7 matches against the World No. 1 pair. In fact, the Indian duo have not won a single set against the Indonesian pair of Gideon and Sukamuljo.
In their recent meeting, Satwik & Chirag were beaten by the Indonesian pair at Tokyo Olympics in straight games by 21-13, 21-12.
Rankireddy & Shetty Road to Semifinals in Indonesia Open
Quarterfinals- The Indian duo defeated the team of Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin from Malaysia by 21-19, 21-19 in a closely contested battle in 43 minutes.
Pre-Quarterfinals- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated South Korea’s Kang Minhyuk and Seo Seungjae 21-15, 19-21, 23-21 in a match that lasted 75 minutes. They had earlier received a handover from Jae Hwan Kim and Sung Seung Na of South Korea.
When to watch Rankireddy & Shetty vs Gideon & Sukamuljo?
1.30 PM IST on November 27, Saturday
Where to watch Rankireddy & Shetty vs Gideon & Sukamuljo?
Watch all the live action of the Indonesia Open semifinals only on Star Sports and OTT-platform Hotstar. All the results will be covered on the official website of the BWF. Follow us all the live and latest updates on InsideSport.IN
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