{"id":347162,"date":"2023-07-18T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/07\/18\/satwik-chirag-enter-second-round-at-korea-open-badminton-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T11:00:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T11:00:43","slug":"satwik-chirag-enter-second-round-at-korea-open-badminton-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/07\/18\/satwik-chirag-enter-second-round-at-korea-open-badminton-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Satwik-Chirag enter second round at Korea Open | Badminton News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-101860299,imgsize-64788.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: Star Indian men&#8217;s doubles duo consisting of <!-- -->Satwiksairaj Rankireddy<!-- --> and <!-- -->Chirag Shetty<!-- --> secured a comfortable victory in the first round of the <!-- -->Korea Open<!-- --> Super 500 tournament in Yeosu.<br \/>The third-ranked pair defeated Thailand&#8217;s <!-- -->Supak Jomkoh<!-- --> and <!-- -->Kittinupong Kedren<!-- --> in straight games, with a scoreline of 21-16, 21-14. They will face China&#8217;s He Ji Ting and Zhou Hao Dong in the second round.<br \/>World number 27 MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila, however, couldn&#8217;t complete the match after the former suffered from a back issue and retired midway in the opening game while lagging 5-6 against eighth seeded Chinese Liu Yu Chen and Ou Xuan Yi in their opening round.<br \/>&#8220;I felt a pain in my back during the rallies. I applied spray for pain relief but I wasn&#8217;t feeling comfortable, so we decided to pull out. The physio said it looks like a back spasm and should be fine within a few days. I will be travelling to Japan. So lets see. Hopefully I will be okay,&#8221; Arjun told PTI.<br \/>India&#8217;s Harshit Aggarwal also couldn&#8217;t reach the main draw after losing to Korea&#8217;s Choi Pyeong Gang 15-21 21-10 10-21 in his second qualification match. He had beaten Tan Jia Jie of Malaysia in his opening match.<br \/>Another Indian, Shashwat Dalal also went down in his first round, losing 14-21 17-21 to Jeong Min Seon of Korea, while Meiraba Maisnam withdrew from the qualifiers.<br \/>Playing their first tournament since winning the Indonesia Open Super 1000 last month, Satwik and Chirag dished out a compact game as they opened up a 4-1 lead and kept moving ahead to grab a 11-6 lead at the interval.<br \/>The Indian duo didn&#8217;t give much chance to its opponent and from 18-15, took the remaining points to grab a 1-0 lead.<br \/>After the change of sides, the Thai players gave a good account of themselves as they managed to lead 9-4. However, Satwik and Chirag soon scripted a fightback to jump to 15-11 and held their fort as the Thai combination crumbled.<br \/>Olympic medallist <!-- -->PV Sindhu<!-- -->, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy will be among the Indian contenders this week.<br \/><span class=\"strong em \">(With PTI Inputs)<\/span><\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };<\/p>\n<p>    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };<\/p>\n<p>    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    var TimesApps = window.TimesApps;\n    TimesApps.toiPlusEvents = function(config) {\n      var isConfigAvailable = \"toiplus_site_settings\" in f && \"isFBCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings && \"isGoogleCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings;\n      var isPrimeUser = window.isPrime;\n      if (isConfigAvailable && !isPrimeUser) {\n        loadGtagEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n        loadFBEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isFBCampaignActive);\n      } else {\n        var JarvisUrl=\"https:\/\/jarvis.indiatimes.com\/v1\/feeds\/toi_plus\/site_settings\/643526e21443833f0c454615?db_env=published\";\n        window.getFromClient(JarvisUrl, function(config){\n          if (config) {\n            loadGtagEvents(config?.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n            loadFBEvents(config?.isFBCampaignActive);\n          }\n        })\n      }\n    };\n  })(\n    window,\n    document,\n    'script',\n  );<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/badminton\/satwik-chirag-enter-second-round-at-korea-open\/articleshow\/101860223.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Star Indian men&#8217;s doubles duo consisting of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty secured a comfortable victory in the first round of the Korea Open Super 500 tournament in Yeosu.The third-ranked pair defeated Thailand&#8217;s Supak Jomkoh and Kittinupong Kedren in straight games, with a scoreline of 21-16, 21-14. 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