Singapore City, May 30 -- India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the semi-finals after defying the odds and trouncing the world No. 1 Malaysian pair of Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin on Friday in the Singapore Badminton Open 2025.

Satwik and Chirag, ranked 27th, breezed past the world number one pair in straight sets after staging a 21-17, 21-15 win in a 39-minute fixture. In the first game, Satwin and Chirag raced to an 11-8 lead at the interval and continued to build on it to take a 1-0 lead.

In the second game, the Indian pair trailed by 6-5 early but soon seized control by exploiting the Malaysian pair to convincingly win the second game and the quarter-final clash. The victory marked the fourth win for Satwik ...