Malaysia Open badminton: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty enter last 8 as they continue to chart way back from Olympics disappointment | Badminton News
What came undone at Kuala Lumpur in 2024 can be mended back at Kuala Lumpur in 2025. The Olympics disappointment will fade in the rearview mirror, but for Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, a title they couldn’t quite nail down at the start of last year, an occurrence that proved ominous, is there to be fought for again. Into the quarterfinals of the year’s first Super 1000 at the Malaysia Open, Satwik and Chirag remain the only seeded players in the doubles draw. Their 21-15, 21-15 win over Malaysian veterans Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub Azriyn and Tan Wee Kiong was a no-fuss progress in 43 minutes, as the home pairing, ranked World No.32, didn’t take the lead even once after the 4th point of each game. Perhaps the quarterfinals against far more contemporary competitors – Ong Yew Sin and Two Ee Yi – on Friday will get a little more interesting, and shake off complacency, if there is any. For a pair, 25 and 27, that regularly won titles before the Olympic-year stutter, these early-round …
