Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won the Korea Open Badminton men’s doubles title

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Category : Sports Published on: July 25 2023

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Asian Champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated world no. 1 Indonesian duo Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto in a thrilling 3-game men’s doubles final 17-21, 21-13, 21-14 to clinch the Korea Open 2023 title in Yeosu, Korea.
This is the third Super 500 title of their career so far after Thailand Open 2019 and Yonex Sunrise India Open 2022 and the third BWF World Tour title in 2023 as well, having previously won Swiss Open 2023 (Super 300) and Indonesia Open 2023 (Super 1000) earlier this year.
This was Satwik and Chirag’s seventh title on the BWF World Tour.
Former world champion PV Sindhu is the only other Indian to clinch the Korea Open title, clinching the title in 2017.