China Open: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty bowed out of semi-finals

In badminton, the Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty bowed out of China Open semi-finals at Fuzhou yesterday. They lost 16-21, 20-22 to the World No.1 duo of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon--Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo from Indonesia.  This was the eighth successive loss for Satwik and Chirag against the Indonesian pair. Chirag-Satwik pair had earlier lost the final of French Open 2019 also to Marcus and Kevin.