Lakshya lone Indian left after Satwik-Chirag bow out in Rd 2
NEW DELHI, Jan. 16 -- Barring Lakshya Sen, all Indian shuttlers kept losing one after the other on Court 1, be it Kidambi Srikanth, Malvika Bansod or HS Prannoy among others. But the 2,000-odd fans that turned up at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium here on Thursday stuck it out, waiting for that one pair who have become the flag bearers of Indian badminton today.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are unquestionably the best Indian hope going into any tournament today. They were here too at the India Open. But the hopes of the fans as well as the third seeded pair's aspirations fell flat as they lost their second round men's doubles clash 25-27, 23-21, 21-19 in an hour and 13 minutes to Japan's Hiroki Modorikawa and Kyohei Yamashita in what was the first match between the two pairs.
The world No.3 pair had got a first round walkover. "It takes a while for you to get adjusted to a new stadium. We practised on the main court on Monday but then for three days we couldn't play on the main court. Right now I don't want to give any excuses that this or that didn't work well. We just didn't play that well. Our game was very patchy," said Shetty....
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