Indian males’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty surprised prime seeds Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan in straight video games to enter the semifinals of the French Open badminton event right here on Friday.
Seeded seventh within the Tremendous 750 occasion, Rankireddy and Shetty gained 21-12 21-16 in a quarterfinal match that lasted 49 minutes.
The Indian duo will face the Korean pair of Choi Sol Gyu and Kim Gained Ho within the semifinals.
Rankireddy and Shetty are the one Indians left within the fray within the event. Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy and Sameer Verma misplaced within the males’s singles pre-quarterfinals on Thursday.