Changzhou, July 26 -- India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered a semi-final exit after losing in the final four of the men's doubles event at the BWF Super 1000 China Open 2025 badminton tournament on Saturday against two-time Olympic bronze medallists Soh Wooi Yik and Aaron Chia of Malaysia, according to Olympics.com.

After failing to produce much resistance in the first game, Satwik-Chirag, 12th in the men's doubles badminton rankings, put up a fight in the second but couldn't prevent a 21-13, 21-17 defeat in 42 minutes.

Satwik-Chirag's ouster in the semi-finals brought an end to India's campaign at the BWF Super 1000 tournament.

This was Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty's 11th defeat in 14 matches against ...