Badminton
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 12:49 PM GMT
Another Service error from the Indians as this time Chirag finds the net
Game-2: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 3-6 Liang-Wang (CHN)
- 17 Dec 2025 12:47 PM GMT
The Indian pair wins the first point of the game for second time
Game-2: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 1-0 Liang-Wang (CHN)
Chirag finds an empty space on the right side and makes a precise smash there to win the first point.
- 17 Dec 2025 12:44 PM GMT
The Indian duo looks rusty in the first game and loses the first game by a big margin
Game-1: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 12-21 Liang-Wang (CHN)
- 17 Dec 2025 12:42 PM GMT
Chirag could not retrieve Wang's winner on net. Trails by 6
Game-1: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 11-17 Liang-Wang (CHN)
- 17 Dec 2025 12:40 PM GMT
A service fault from Satwik makes it even tougher for the Indian pair
Game-1: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 8-13 Liang-Wang (CHN)
- 17 Dec 2025 12:38 PM GMT
Chirag finds the net while trying a drop shot. Goes behind by 4 points at mid-game
Game-1: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 7-11 Liang-Wang (CHN)
- 17 Dec 2025 12:36 PM GMT
Satwik tries a behind-the-back shot, but couldn't retrieve the shuttle
Game-1: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 7-8 Liang-Wang (CHN)
- 17 Dec 2025 12:34 PM GMT
Satwik's return goes outwide. Chinese pair takes the score at level terms
Game-1: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 4-4 Liang-Wang (CHN)
- 17 Dec 2025 12:31 PM GMT
The Indian duo wins the first point of the match
Game-1: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 1-0 Liang-Wang (CHN)
