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Satwik-Chirag win fourth title of year at Korea Open

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Yeosu (Korea), July 23 (PTI): India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty continued their dream run, clinching the men’s doubles title at the Korea Open with a gritty three-game win over world number one Fajar Alfian and Muhamad Rian Ardianto in the final here on Sunday.
Playing their fourth final of the year, the world No. 3 Indians rallied their way to a 17-21, 21-13, 21-14 win over the two-time world championships bronze medallists Alfian and Ardianto in a thrilling summit clash of the Super 500 badminton tournament.
“The way we played today in the finals, didn’t start off that well but happy that we could win that second game and keep the momentum until the very end. Yes, extremely happy that we could win consecutive titles after the Indonesia Open,” Chirag said after the match.
The reigning Commonwealth Games champions thus extended their winning streak to 10 matches. It was another feather feather on their cap, following their victory at the Swiss Open, Asian Championships and Indonesia Open this year.
“It’s been pretty good week for us. We played some amazing badminton throughout the week here and I am happy with the performance today. We want to continue with the same momentum next week at Japan Open. So, we’ll go back now, rest and focus again,” Satwik said.
The Indian pair had a 2-2 head-to-head count against Asian Games silver medallists Alfian and Ardianto but they had beaten the Indonesians on last two occasions.
The Indians looked a little subdued in the beginning as they trailed in the opening game but they recovered in the fag end, narrowing a 10-19 deficit with a six-point burst before falling short.
However, they found the momentum in the second game and dominated the proceedings thereafter to come up trumps.
The Indonesians played flat rallies at a high pace to open up a 4-2 lead early on. The Indians were pegged back as Alfian and Ardianto didn’t allow their opponents to mount their attack.
Errors also crept in as Satwik and Chirag conceded a seven-point advantage to their rivals at the break. The Indians won a few quick points but the Indonesians managed to move away to 16-7 after Ardianto smashed one down the middle.

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