Swiss Open 2023: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty win Swiss Open doubles title | Badminton News

NEW DELHI: The World Championships bronze medallist doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on Sunday won the Swiss Open title, beating China’s Ren Xiang Yu and Tan Qiang in straight games in the summit clash of the Super 300 badminton tournament in Basel.
The second-seeded Indian pair capped off their impressive campaign by registering a 21-19, 24-22 win against the World No.21 Chinese pair in a contest which lasted 54 minutes. Satwik and Chirag played an attacking game while remaining solid in defence.
It was the first title of the season for India with Satwik and Chirag putting to rest the disappointment of last week’s All England Championships where they had exited in the second round.
Overall, it was the fifth career world tour title for the Indian pair, who had claimed the India Open and French Open last year, besides securing the Thailand Open in 2019 and Hyderabad Open in 2018.
Satwik and Chirag had also won the 2022 Commonwealth Games gold.
(With inputs from PTI)