French Open Badminton 2022: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty Advance to Men’s Doubles Final With Win Over Korea’s Choi Sol Gyu and Kim Won Ho
On Friday, Satwik and Chirag managed to bag a closely fought victory against Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan in the quarterfinals. They followed the performance up with another solid one in the semifinal, as they win 21-18, 21-14 against the South Korean shuttlers to make it to the final.
Star Indian doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty goes past the challenge of world no. 18, Choi Sol Gyu and Kim Won Ho to reserve their place in the final of the French Open BWF World Tour Super 750 tournament. The Indian shuttlers defeated the South Koreans 21-18, 21-14 in the semifinals on Friday. This is the third time the duo will play in a final in 2022, after Indian Open and Commonwealth Games.
Satwik and Chirag reach finals of French Open:
𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐀𝐓-𝐂𝐇𝐈 🫂🔥
They go past Choi/Kim 🇰🇷 21-18, 21-14.
Bring 🥇 home, boys! 🤞#FrenchOpen2022#IndiaontheRise#Badminton pic.twitter.com/fdSeGbRQXT
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