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BWF World Tour Finals: Satwik-Chirag beat Olympic medalist Liang-Wang in opener - Highlights
Catch all the highlights from the matchday-1 of the 2025 BWF World Tour Finals in Hangzhou, China.
Satwik-Chirag to begin their campaign at the 2025 BWF World Tour Finals. (File Photo)
Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty begin their campaign at the 2025 BWF World Tour Finals in Hangzhou, China, on Wednesday.
The third-seeded pair defeated the Olympic medalists Chinese duo of Liang Wei-Keng and Wang Chang, in their opening group match to become first Indian men's doubles pair to win a match at World Tour Finals.
As it happened:
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- 17 Dec 2025 1:11 PM GMT
A miscommunication from the two Chinese pushes the match into a decider
Game-2: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 22-20 Liang-Wang (CHN)
- 17 Dec 2025 1:10 PM GMT
Now it's a game point for the Indian pair after winning two consecutive points
Game-2: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 21-20 Liang-Wang (CHN)
- 17 Dec 2025 1:08 PM GMT
Match point for the Chinese pair as Satwik finds the net
Game-2: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 19-20 Liang-Wang (CHN)
- 17 Dec 2025 1:06 PM GMT
Chinese pair win six points on the trot to take the second game back on level terms
Game-2: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 18-18 Liang-Wang (CHN)
- 17 Dec 2025 1:04 PM GMT
A silly error on the net from Satwik as the Chinese pair closes in the game
Game-2: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 18-15 Liang-Wang (CHN)
- 17 Dec 2025 1:02 PM GMT
A brilliant net play from Satwik forced Wang to make an error
Game-2: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 17-12 Liang-Wang (CHN)
- 17 Dec 2025 12:58 PM GMT
Another unforced error from Liang as the Indo do extend the lead to 5
Game-2: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 14-9 Liang-Wang (CHN)
- 17 Dec 2025 12:57 PM GMT
Liang's high lift land behind the back line as the Indian pair keeps their 3-point lead
Game-2: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 12-9 Liang-Wang (CHN)
- 17 Dec 2025 12:54 PM GMT
Indian pair continues thier momentum and gain a good 4-point lead at mid-game
Game-2: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 11-7 Liang-Wang (CHN)
- 17 Dec 2025 12:52 PM GMT
Indian pair levels the score after a couple of unforced errors from the Chinese duo
Game-2: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 7-7 Liang-Wang (CHN)
