Hong Kong Open badminton: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty enter quarterfinals

India’s prime males’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty superior to the quarterfinals of the USD 500,000 Hong Kong Open Super 500 badminton match after edging out Thailand’s Peeratchai Sukphun and Pakkapon Teeraratsakul in Hong Kong on Thursday (September 11, 2025).

The former world primary duo, seeded eighth, bounced again from a first-game loss to outplay the unseeded Thai pair 18-21 21-15 21-11 in a 63-minute battle.

World no. 9 Satwik and Chirag, contemporary from their second World Championships bronze in Paris, will subsequent face Malaysia’s Junaidi Arif and Roy King Yap.

The Indian pair had a sluggish begin, trailing 8-11 within the opening sport as Sukphun and Teeraratsakul dominated. Although they fought again to 18-18, the Thai duo secured the ultimate three factors to assert the opener.

Stung by the setback, the Indians performed with renewed depth within the second sport. After a decent tussle from 2-2 to 7-7, they grabbed an 11-10 lead on the mid-game break and steadily pulled forward to take the match to the decider.

The third sport was one-sided as Satwik and Chirag raced to a 7-2 lead after which surged additional because the Thai pair faltered.

Later within the day, Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy will conflict in an all-Indian encounter, whereas ladies’s doubles pair of Rutaparna and Swetaparna Panda will tackle fifth seeds Li Yi Jing and Luo Xu Min of China.