Badminton, Singapore Open Super 750: Satwik-Chirag, Aakarshi, Priyanshu all exit in opening round
Rankireddy and Shetty, top seeds in Singapore, lost 20-22, 18-21 to Denmark’s Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard.
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Indian men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty exited in the first round of the 2024 Singapore Badminton Open Super 750 on Tuesday.
It was also an early exit for Aakarshi Kashyap, Priyanshu Rajawat, the women’s doubles pair of Rutaparna Panda-Swetaparna Panda and the mixed doubles pair of Ashith Surya-Amrutha Pramuthesh.
The Indians, who were the top seeds and were fresh off their title win at the Thailand Open Super 500 two weeks ago, lost 20-22, 18-21 to Denmark’s Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard.
The first game saw both pairs match each other evenly and exchanged serves throughout the game. Rankireddy and Shetty were trailing 6-12 at one point, but fought back to level things at 18-all. They then had the opportunity to take a 1-0 lead in the match at 20-18, but Lundgaard and Vestergaard won four consecutive points to win the opening game 22-20.
The second game was even closer with neither pair allowing the other to run away with a lead. Rankireddy and Shetty equalised at 10-all before taking the lead at 12-10 through a three-point winning streak, but failed to consolidate the lead. Similar to the first game, the scoreline was level at 17-all before the Danish pair won three straight points...
