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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lose BWF World Tour Finals semifinal to Liang Wei Kang and Wang Chang.
Satwik-Chirag’s BWF World Tour finals campaign has come to an end (Picture credit: Badminton Photo)
Star Indian men’s doubles shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on Saturday, December 20, lost to the Chinese pair of Liang Wei Kang and Wang Chang in a three-game thriller in the semifinals of the BWF World Tour Finals, as their 19-month-long title drought continued.
Satwik-Chirag claimed the first game but were unable to maintain their momentum, losing the semi-final 21-10, 17-21, 13-21 in a one-hour-and-three-minute thriller.
Satwik and Chirag had defeated their opponents in the group stage, but the Chinese pair turned the tables on them when it mattered the most.
Satwik-Chirag had gone unbeaten in the group stage of the season-ending tournament, but Saturday’s loss ended their bid to become the first Indian men’s pair to reach the final of the prestigious event.
Satwik-Chirag, though, became the first Indian men’s pair to reach the semifinals of the season-ending event.
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December 20, 2025, 8:47 pm IST
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