India, Sept. 4 -- India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will face world no.17 Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen of Denmark in the men's doubles quarterfinals of the BWF China Masters 2026 on Friday, September 4, at the Shenzhen Arena in Shenzhen, China.

The fourth-seeded Indian duo began their campaign with a comfortable straight-game win over Malaysia's Junaidi Arif and Kang Khai Xing. They needed just 40 minutes to secure a 21-11, 21-16 victory in the Round of 32, setting up a much tougher clash against French brothers Christo Popov and Toma Junior Popov in the next round.

The Indians were pushed all the way by the Popov brothers in the Round of 16. After taking the opening game 21-17, Satwik and Chirag surrendered t...