For the Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, they have to be victorious in their next match at Paris Olympics. When it comes to Germany in the second Group C match, there was no play.
Ramsforth dropped out of the competition due to an injury to his knee, as reported by ANI through a statement made by the Badminton World Federation. Thus, all of German pairs’ group results were also cancelled including those where the team was to play Ravitha/Tailor (IND) or Covey/Labar (FRA).
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were supposed to have faced Marvin Seidel/Mark Ramsforth, world No. 31 & European badminton men’s doubles winners for 2022, but it was not meant to be because injuries forced them out. They next face Fajral Alfian/Mohammad Rian Ardianto on Tuesday which will determine whether or not they progress further.
In their last meeting at Korea Open final in 2023 ‘Sat-Chi’ won.
Indonesia’s pair that one time held rank no.1 in the world today stand at position seven; they bagged bronzes at World Championships both in 2019 and 2022 also appearing on Indonesia’s Thomas Cup winning team of 2020.The Indonesian duo has played five times against India before this game only just managing three victories over the Indian side who don’t lead far behind by two wins.” Sat-Chi” won during their most recent meeting held at Korean Open final in year
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are strong contenders for medals at Paris Olympics.This year they won two BWF titles: French Open in March and Thailand Open in May.They finished as runners-up at Malaysia Open and India Open and represented India at the 2024 Thomas Cup, losing to China in the quarterfinals.
