Satwik-Chirag march on; Srikanth ousted

Chirag Shetty (left) and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

Celebrated Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the second round of the men's doubles event at India Open tournament but an erratic Kidambi Srikanth bowed out after a straight-game loss to Hong Kong's Lee Cheuk Yiu here on Wednesday.

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World No. 2 Satwik and Chirag eked out a 21-15, 19-21, 21-16 win over Fang-Chih Lee and Fang-Jen Lee of Chinese Taipei.

Earlier, Srikanth went down 22-24, 13-21 to World No. 18 Lee.

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