Singapore City, May 29 -- The top Indian men's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the quarterfinals of the ongoing Singapore Open tournament on Thursday.

'Sat-Chi', as they are known popularly, defeated the world number eight pair of Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani in a remarkable match which saw them come back from being down 19-21 in the first game to win the next two closely contested games by 21-16, 21-19.

The official X handle of the Badminton Association of India (BAI) posted, "Quarterfinals, here we come! Satwik/Chirag dig deep to take down World No. 8 Gutama/Isfahani in a thrilling R16 comeback: 19-21, 21-16, 21-19 . Big fight, big heart -- on to the Last Eight at the Si...