India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty superior to the boys’s doubles closing of the China Masters 2026 badminton event in Shenzhen on Saturday.
The Indian pair, fifth within the badminton rankings, beat Malaysia’s world No. 29 mixture of Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub and Tan Wee Kiong 21-16, 18-21, 21-11 in an hour and 6 minutes to achieve the ultimate of the BWF Tremendous 750 occasion.
The victory took Satwik and Chirag into their third China Masters closing within the final 4 editions. They completed runners-up in 2023 and 2025 and reached the semi-finals in 2024.
The reigning Asian Games males’s doubles badminton champions will now have one other alternative to win their maiden China Masters crown. No Indian shuttler has gained the event since its inception in 2005.
The Malaysian pair raced to a 5-0 lead within the opening recreation earlier than Satwik and Chirag responded with seven consecutive factors and went into the mid-game interval 11-9 forward.
The Indian badminton players maintained their benefit after the break and, from 17-15, gained 4 of the following 5 factors to shut out the opening recreation.
The Malaysians made one other quick begin within the second recreation, racing to a 4-0 lead earlier than Satwik and Chirag discovered their rhythm and moved 10-8 forward.
The lead modified fingers a number of instances thereafter, with the 2 pairs locked at 18-all. Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub and Tan Wee Kiong, nevertheless, gained three straight factors to take the match right into a decider.
Satwik and Chirag ensured there could be no repeat of the Malaysians’ quick begins within the decider, taking management early and going into the mid-game interval 11-4 forward.
After the change of ends, the Indian pair continued to dictate proceedings, closing out the deciding recreation to seal their place within the closing.
It will likely be Satwik and Chirag’s third BWF World Tour closing of 2026. They completed runners-up on the Thailand Open in Might earlier than successful the Singapore Open later that month.
The Indian pair will likely be attempting to find their tenth profession title on the BWF World Tour in Sunday’s closing.
The Indian pair, who missed out on a 3rd BWF World Championships medal after a quarter-final exit in New Delhi final month, will face the winner of the opposite semi-final between Malaysia’s Tee Kai Wun and Yap Roy King and the Folks’s Republic of China’s He Jiting and Ren Xiangyu in Sunday’s title conflict.
India’s singles marketing campaign had wrapped up within the quarter-finals with Kidambi Srikanth’s loss on Friday.
