Badminton, Korea Open, as it happened: Satwik and Chirag win third title of the season

They had once faced a rough patch, but @satwiksairaj and @Shettychirag04 rekindled the fire to win the Indonesia Open.

In Korea, on Sunday, they proved the fire still burns.

Here's a #Replug of a wonderful piece by @vinayakkmhttps://t.co/qalTES68vc— Shahid Judge (@shahidthejudge) July 23, 2023

#KoreaOpenSuper500

One of the many brilliant aspects of Satwik-Chirag's rise and rise is their record in the finals. That's now SIX straight finals wins (seven if we include their win in the second match of Thomas Cup final as well). Incredible stuff.https://t.co/XOeR1imhPp.. pic.twitter.com/l5YhIrbvvz— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) July 23, 2023

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The Dazzling Duo Satwik-Chirag claimed the ???? spot in the #KoreaOpen2023 by defeating the ???????? duo????

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They never fail to… pic.twitter.com/2Tui1KUEgB— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) July 23, 2023

That’s it for The Field’s coverage of the Korea Open Super 500.

What a way to end the tournament. Satwisairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty had never reached the final at this event before, but now they’ve won the title.

It was a rather slow start against the world No 1 pair of Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto, who at one stage led 19-10 in the opening game. But the Indians pushed and started to build momentum. Though they lost the opening game, the continued to push...

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