Bangkok, May 17: In Badminton, the top Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the quarterfinals of the Thailand Open badminton tournament in Bangkok today. The duo defeated China’s Xie Hao Nan and Zeng Wei Han 21-16, 21-11.India’s Meiraba Luwang Maisnam continued his impressive run in the tournament. He defeated world number 54 Mads Christensen of Denmark 21-14, 22-20 to advance to the quarterfinals.
The Indian women’s singles challenge came to an end as Ashmita Chaliha went down fighting to the world number seven Han Yue of China. She lost the first game, won the next to set an exciting decider but she lost the final game in a one-sided manner.
India’s mixed doubles pair of Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and Aadya Varinath lost to Indonesia’s Rinov Rivaldy and Pitha Haningtyas in their second-round game.