Hong Kong, Sept. 13 -- India's popular men's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the finals of the ongoing Hong Kong Open badminton tournament on Saturday.

Satwik and Chirag managed their first-ever appearance in the final for this year, defeating Chinese Taipei duo of 21-17, 21-15 in just 38 minutes.

India's two-time world championship medalists duo will now face sixth seeds Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang of China in the finale, as per a Badminton Association of India (BAI) press note.

On Friday, Satwik and Chirag earned their spot in the final four with a win over Malaysia's Junaidi Arif and Roy King Yap in an exciting three-game contest. The Indians took the opening game 21-14 against Malaysia's Juna...