Satwik-Chirag hit the Chinese wall
New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty's fight fizzled out in the quarter-finals as they went down tamely to Chinese third seeds Chang Wang and Liang Wei Keng 21-18, 21-9 at the BWF World Championships here.
Midway through the second game, the crowd that was vociferously cheering for the home team lost its voice. The sinking feeling was also visible in the body language of the two players. Errors flowed, and there were no signs of a dramatic late comeback. It was China all the way in the second game.
In their head-to-head meetings, Chang and Liang have a 9-4 advantage over the Indians, but Satwik and Chirag beat them at the World Championships last year at the same stage, and their Thomas Cup match this year went do...
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