Indian shuttlers win first BWF 500 doubles final |
Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on Sunday created history by becoming the first Indian Men`s pair to win a Badminton World Federation Super 500 tournament, defeating current world champions Li Jun Hui and Liu Yu Chen of China in the final of the Thailand Open. The Indian duo posted a hard-fought 21-19, 18-21, 21-18 win to claim their biggest career title after battling for an hour and two minutes against the third-seeded Chinese combo. This was their first triumph at Super 500 level and this will also propel the current World No. 16 Indian combination into the top 10 for the first time, making it the first-ever Indian men`s doubles duo to enter the elite bracket. This was the first final of the 2019 season for the unseeded Indian pair, doubles silver medallist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Li and Liu had earlier this year beaten the Indians at Australian Open.
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