“I think the execution was wrong, we played bad but still we were close. We were not comfortable in the match still we were 21-18 21-19, that is champion mentality,” Satwik said after the match
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (L) and Chirag Shetty of India compete during their quarter-final men's double match against Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen of Denmark at the Badminton BWF World Championship in Copenhagen. Pic/AFP
India shuttler Satwiksairaj Rankireddy admitted the he and his men’s doubles partner Chirag Shetty lacked in their execution during the quarter-final loss at the World Championships but said the fact that they still managed to make it a close affair shows their “champion mentality.”
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Satwiksairaj and Chirag missed out on a second World Championships medal after suffering a shocking loss to Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen of Denmark in the men’s doubles quarter-finals on Friday. The World No. 2 Indian pair, which had claimed a maiden bronze in the last edition, couldn’t produce an attacking game and went down 18-12, 19-21 to the 11th seeded Danish pair. “I think the execution was wrong, we played bad but still we were close. We were not comfortable in the match still we were 21-18 21-19, that is champion mentality,” Satwik said after the match.
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