New Delhi: Indiaโs no. 1 badminton menโs duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost against the Malaysian duo of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik.
๐ฎ๐ณ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐! One of Indiaโs biggest medal prospects, Satwik & Chirag faced a quarter-final exit at #Paris2024 following a defeat against the duo of Aaron & Wooi Yik Soh.
๐ฅบ Hopefully, the rest of our badminton contingent fares a bitโฆ pic.twitter.com/9gv0c5tcN4
โ India at Paris 2024 Olympics (@sportwalkmedia) August 1, 2024
What happened in the game?
The Indian duo looked to remove the jinx surrounding them as they closed the first game 21-13 in their favour. However, the Malaysian came back strongly in the next set to kill the game 14-21. But it was the third game which pulled the fans on the edge of their seats. Going into the mid-game interval 9-11, the Indian duo extended the lead to 9-13. However, when it looked like the match would swing in favour of the Indian duo, the Malaysian duo came from behind to tie the score 15-15.
Subsequently, Soh and Aaron managed to win 4 points on the trot to close the game 21-16 in the third set. This will be their second finish in the last four after their bronze medal finish in the Tokyo Olympics 2024.
Chirag-Satwik Amazing Rally. Can you count the shots?#Olympics
๐ฅ Chirag Satwik Duo pic.twitter.com/x8boo69eR5
โ IndiaSportsHub (@IndiaSportsHub) July 24, 2024
The Indian duo who were coming into the game with a relative disadvantage in the head-to-head records succumbed to the pressure in the end. Subsequently, Aaron/Soh will now face the World No. 1, the Chinese pair of Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang.
Where to watch the Paris Olympics 2024?
Media outlet Viacom18 has acquired exclusive rights to stream the 2024 Paris Olympics. Naturally, the Paris Olympics 2024 will be telecasted live on the Sports18 networks. The various languages in which the viewers can avail the benefit of the telecast of the Olympics are as follows:
- Sports18 1- English, Tamil and Telegu
- Sports18 2- Hindi
Fans can also watch the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympics 2024 for free on the OTT on Jio Cinema across multiple languages.