Satwik-Chirag open Finals with gritty win

HANGZHOU, Dec 17: Star Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty showed nerves of steel to stun Olympic silver medallists Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang in their opening Group B match at the BWF World Tour Finals here on Wednesday.World No. 3 Satwik and Chirag, the only Indian representatives at the season-ending showpiece, recovered from an opening-game setback and saved a match point to eventually outwit the world No. 5 Chinese pair 12-21, 22-20, 21-14 in a gripping men’s doubles contest. They take on Indonesia’s Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri on Thursday. (PTI)