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India's men's doubles badminton pair, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, have emerged as the country's medal hopes for the Olympics..
In the ongoing India Open, they defeated world No. 25 Chinese Taipei pair and No. 5 Denmark pair to secure a spot in the quarterfinals..
And, the way Indian script has been progressing, the bulk of the expectations rests with current mens doubles world No. 2 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty...
Their smashes had left world No. 25 Chinese Taipei pair of Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han helpless in round two of the ongoing India Open..
Prannoy followed a good 2022 with a better 2023 first Super 500 title in Malaysia, a bronze in the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships, bronze in the BWF World Championships singles, and Indias second only Asian Games mens singles medal after 41 years (bronze each time), along with a silver in mens team...
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