India, March 13 -- Top seeds Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty gave a walkover to Denmark's Rasmus Kjaer and Christian Faust Kjaer in the men's doubles quarter-finals of the $250,000 Swiss Open in Basel on Friday.

The world No. 4 Indian pair withdrew after Rankireddy's old right shoulder injury flared up before the last eight clash at the Super 300 competition.

"Satwik had shoulder pain before the match which is why we decided to pull out. It is an old injury. He needs at least one week's rest before the Asia Championships," their coach Tan Kim Her told HT from Basel.

The $550,000 Badminton Asia Championships will be held from April 7-12 in Ningbo, China. Rankireddy and Shetty are the only Indian pair/player after Dinesh Khanna...