Odense, Oct. 18 -- The Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty bowed out of the ongoing Denmark Open 2025 tournament after losing their semi-final clash here on Saturday.

Satwik-Chirag fought hard but lost 23-21, 18-21, 21-16 to Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan at the Jyske Bank Arena in 68 minutes, according to Olympics.com.

This was the Indian duo's sixth semi-final defeat on the BWF World Tour this season. SatChi had made top-four exits at the China, Singapore, India, and Malaysia Opens, as well as the BWF World Championships, earlier.

The Indian badminton players, however, did make back-to-back finals at the Hong Kong Open and the China Masters last month.

Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi, the 2...