Shuttlers Satwik-Chirag in quarters; Treesa, Gayatri bow out in Denmark

The World No. 2 pair, which had claimed a maiden bronze in the last edition, bounced back from a mid-game slump to outwit Carnando and Marthin, ranked 10th, 21-15, 19-21, 21-9 in the round of 16 match that lasted a little over an hour

Star Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stood one step away from another World Championships medal after reaching the quarter-finals with a three-game win over Indonesia’s Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin here on Thursday.

The World No. 2 pair, which had claimed a maiden bronze in the last edition, bounced back from a mid-game slump to outwit Carnando and Marthin, ranked 10th, 21-15, 19-21, 21-9 in the round of 16 match that lasted a little over an hour.

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Earlier, the women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, who reached the semi-finals of the All England Championships in the last two editions, couldn’t sustain the attack and went down 14-21, 9-21 in 42 minutes against top-seeded Chinese duo of Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan.It was only the second meeting between Gayatri-Treesa and the Chinese pair with the Indians having lost to the World No. 1 Chinese team at the German Open last year.

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