Paris, Aug. 28 -- The Indian men's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the quarterfinals with a win over current Olympic silver medalists and World Championships bronze medalists Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang in the round of 16 match at Paris on Thursday.

Satwik-Chirag beat the Chinese pair by 19-21, 21-15, 21-17. After going down in a highly competitive first game, the Indian pair absorbed pressure brilliantly, winning the next two games to seal the match. The match lasted for a total of 66 minutes.

Earlier, PV Sindhu stormed into the BWF World Championships 2025 quarter-finals with a sensational victory over World No. 2 Wang Zhiyi of China. The 2019 World Champion stamped her authority early with a win...