The Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on Sunday gained a historic males’s doubles title on the Indonesia Open right here, turning into the primary doubles pair from the nation to assert a Tremendous 1000 occasion.
The world No 6 pair, who gained a gold medal on the Birmingham Commonwealth Video games and bronze on the world championships final yr, thrashed Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yika of Malaysia in straight video games 21-17, 21-18.
Earlier, the 2022 world championships bronze medallists had develop into the primary ever Indian pair to achieve the ultimate of any Tremendous 1000 event after a sensational comeback to get the higher of the Korean mixture of Kang Min Hyuk and Web optimization Seung Jae 17-21, 21-19 21-18 in an exciting semi-final.
The Indians, who had been additionally Asian champions, defeated the present world champions in 43 minutes.
The BWF (Badminton World Federation) World Tour is split into six ranges, specifically World Tour Finals, 4 Tremendous 1000, six Tremendous 750, seven Tremendous 500, and 11 Tremendous 300. Another class of the event, the BWF Tour Tremendous 100 stage, additionally presents rating factors.
Every of those tournaments presents completely different rating factors and prize cash. The very best factors and prize pool is obtainable on the Tremendous 1000 stage.
