Malaysia Open 2023: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty reach semi-finals
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India's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty proceeded to the Malaysia Open semi-finals after staging a comeback in their quarter-final match. Satwik and Chirag defeated the Chinese pair of Liu Yu Chen and Ou Xuan Yi in a three-game battle that ran for an hour and six minutes. The Indian duo won the India Open, French Open, and Commonwealth Games last year.
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Satwik, Chirag to face this pair
Satwik and Chirag will lock horns with world number 17 Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang in the semi-finals. The Chinese pair defeated seventh seeds Kim Astrup and Anders Rasmussen in straight games in the quarter-final.
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Prannoy loses to Kodai Naraoka in quarter-finals
Earlier in the day, HS Prannoy made a quarter-final exit in the men's singles match. The 30-year-old lost to world number seven Kodai Naraoka of Japan 16-21 21-19 10-2 in an 84-minute thriller, thereby concluding his run in the tournament. Prannoy still searches his maiden BWF World Tour title, having finished the runner-up in the 2022 Swiss Open.