Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty dished out a gritty performance to outwit the local favourites and defending champions 24-22, 15-21, 21-14 in an hour and 15 minutes.

 Men’s doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Reddy and Chirag Shetty assured themselves of a maiden medal at the World Championships after stunning World No 2 Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan in the quarterfinals on Friday. However, it was heartbreak for HS Prannoy whose impressive run ended in agony.

Satwik-Chirag, ranked No 7 in the world, who had claimed the Commonwealth Games gold medal earlier this month, dished out a gritty performance to outwit the local hopes and defending champions 24-22, 15-21, 21-14 in an hour and 15 minutes to claim India first-ever men’s doubles medal at the prestigious tournament.

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