Beijing, Sept. 18 -- The Indian men's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty made it to the quarterfinals of the ongoing China Open, securing a win over Chinese Taipei's Chiu Hsiang Chieh and Wang Chi-Lin on Thursday.

Satwik and Chirag, who recently finished runners-up at the Hong Kong Open, made light work out of Chieh and Chi-Lin, beating them in straight games by 21-13 and 21-12 in just 33 minutes, as per a press note from the Badminton Association of India (BAI).

They will next face China's Ren Xiang Yu and Xie Haonan in the quarterfinals.

Earlier, the popular duo entered the round of 16 with a straight-games win over Malaysia's Junaidi Arif and Roy King Yap, 24-22, 21-13 in 42 minutes.

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