India Open 2024 / Satwik-Chirag pair lost to South Korea in India Open also

India Open 2024: In the India Open, the star badminton pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty had to face defeat in the final match. They had to settle for finishing as runners-up in the India Open Super 750 badminton tournament despite winning the first game in the men's doubles final against South Korea's world champion pair of Kang Min Hyuk and Seo Seung Jae here on Sunday.

This is how we got defeated

The Asian Games and Commonwealth Games gold medal winning pair of Satwik and Chirag suffered a 21-15, 11-21, 18-21 defeat in the final against world number three pair of Kang and Seo in one hour and five minutes. Due to which the pair was successful in winning the India Open title for the second time. Let us tell you that Satwik and Chirag are at second position in the world ranking.

lost even after a good start

The Indian pair, after a good start against world champions Kang and Seo, lost momentum and made frequent small mistakes, which cost them the title. There was a tough competition between the pair of India and Korea from the very beginning. Satwik and Chirag lost the first three points as they failed to get the shuttle to cross the net. Satwik made a lot of mistakes in the beginning which gave some easy points to Kang and Seo. The pace of the game was very fast so the margin of error was very less.

How was the condition of all three sets?

Satwik and Chirag remained ahead 11-9 till the break. After the break, the Indian pair made the score 13-9 and then maintained the lead to 18-13. Chirag's smash helped the Indian pair gain six game points. The Korean pair saved a point but then failed to send back Chirag's shot as Satwik-Chirag won the first game 21-15 in 18 minutes.

In the second game, the Korean pair made a better start and took a 5-1 lead. Chirag scored two points with his stormy smash to make the score 4-6. Satwik and Chirag meanwhile hit some shots outside and on the net due to which Kang and Seo were able to take a strong lead of 11-5 till the break. Satwik and Chirag were unable to curb the mistakes and the Korean pair scored nine consecutive points to take the score to 16-5 and then easily won the game to level the match at 1-1.

In the third and deciding game too, Satwik and Chirag made consecutive unforced errors which gave Kang and Seo a 6-3 lead. The Korean pair led 11-6 at the break. The Indian pair made a comeback after the break and made the score 10-12, but the Korean pair was successful in maintaining the lead by continuously scoring points and in the end they won the third set also and won the title.