India’s top men’s doubles Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the semi-finals of the 2024 Thailand Open after a straight sets win at the Nimibutr Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday (May 17).
The Indian international team of 3 defeated Malaysia’s Junaidi Arif and Roy King Yap 21-7, 21-14 in the men’s singles match which lasted 38 minutes on Court 1. India’s Olympic duo Satwik-Chirag, who won the French Open badminton earlier this year, will meet Chinese Taipei’s Lu Ming-Che and Tang Kai-Wei in the last four on Saturday, May 18. .
Teammates Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa, who had strong wins in the women’s doubles earlier in the day, will join them in the semi-finals. The fourth-seeded Indian women beat South Korea’s sixth-seeded Lee Yu Lim and Shen Seung Chan by scores of 21-15, 21-23, 21-19 in the last eight matches that lasted one hour and 16 minutes. Court 3.
Tanisha-Ashwini
Tanisha-Ashwini, who is also going to the Paris Olympics, will meet top seeds Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai of Thailand on Saturday (May 18).
Meanwhile, it was the end of a nightmare for Meiraba Luwang Maisnam in the men’s singles competition after back-to-back wins in the first quarter on Friday (May 17).
Meiraba, 21, who knocked out compatriot HS Prannoy in the first round, won 12-21, 5-21 in a poor match against fourth seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in the last eight that lasted 34 minutes in ‘playing games. 4. Earlier in the second round, Meiraba had beaten Mads Christophersen from Denmark by consecutive matches 21-14, 22-20. The Dane had eliminated Kiran George from India when the tournament was opened.
Thursday, May 16, many cars came down from India. Ashmita Chaliha, Swetaparna Panda-Rutaparna Panda and Satish Kumar Karunakaran-Aadya Variyath failed in their respective categories in the second round. In the first two days of the tournament, Prannoy, George, Malvika Bansod, Unnati Hooda and Akarshi Kashyap were among the Indians who made an early exit from the Thailand Open Super 500 badminton tournament.
