Tokyo Olympics | Satwik-Chirag lose to top seeds; door shut for Praneeth
The Hindu
In just 31 minutes, the match was decided 21-13, 21-12 in favour of the gold medal favourites.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty found the top-ranked Indonesians Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo too hot to handle in their Group A encounter in the Olympic Games badminton event on Monday. In just 31 minutes, the match was decided 21-13, 21-12 in favour of the gold medal favourites. Satwik and Chirag will have to beat Great Britain’s Ben Lane and Sean Vendy for a place in the quarterfinals. Lane and Vendy have lost both their matches so far.
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