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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty Assure Medal at BWF World Championships 2025 As They Enter Semi-Finals With Victory over Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik

The Indian pair produced a dominant performance against the Malaysian duo to secure a spot in the men's doubles semi-finals of the BWF World Championships 2025. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty earlier had won the bronze medal at the BWF World Championships in 2022 when the tournament was played in Tokyo.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty Assure Medal at BWF World Championships 2025 As They Enter Semi-Finals With Victory over Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have assured themselves of a medal at the BWF World Championships 2025 after defeating the Malaysian duo of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in a men's doubles quarter-final in Paris on Saturday, August 30. The Indian star men's doubles pair produced a dominant performance to stun the world no 2 pair 21-12, 21-19 to book a spot in the semi-final, where they would be facing the Chinese duo of Li Yiu and Bo Yang Chen. This is a second BWF World Championships medal for Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty after they had bagged a bronze medal in the 2022 edition of the prestigious badminton tournament that was held in Tokyo. This was also a bit of redemption for Satwisairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who had lost to the same pair back at the Paris Olympics 2024. PV Sindhu Crashes Out of BWF World Championship 2025, India's Ace Shuttler Loses to Indonesia's Putri Kusuma Wardani in Quarter-Final Clash.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty Assure Medal at BWF World Championships 2025

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Aug 30, 2025 07:18 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).