Furious rallies, Yorker-smash, celebratory dances
4 min readMay 31, 2026 05:43 PM IST Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty braved a first set loss for the fourth time this week, to fight back for a 18-21, 21-17, 21-16 victory in 72 minutes, winning a title after a gap of 2 years. Defeating World No 3 Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri (FiFa) of Indonesia, the Indians put up a show in fast, furious badminton to win the Super 750 Singapore Open. “We didn’t have good memories of Singapore because we used to lose early. But thanks to the crowd which has been passionate from the first round,” Satwik would say immediately after the win that ended a long title drought. The racquet twirling dance of Satwik and a half bhangra of Chirag were back, a throwback to the times when winning a title didn’t use to be such a struggle. Their loss at Thailand had made fans with short memories wonder if they had lost touch with how to climb the top podium. But Singapore Sunday was yet another example of …




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