Odense, Oct 18: India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty fell agonisingly short of a final berth, going down to Japan’s Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi in their men’s doubles clash at the Denmark Open Super 750 here on Saturday.
The Asian Games champions, who had reached back-to-back finals at the Hong Kong Super 500 and China Masters Super 750, displayed tremendous grit to bounce back after losing the opening game.
But the Indian duo faded in the closing stages of the decider to go down 21-23, 21-18, 16-21 against the 2021 world champions in a 68-minute contest saw a battle of lightning-fast exchanges and razor-sharp rallies.
With their exit, India’s campaign at the $950,000 tournament came to an end.
The Indian pair will now return to action at the French Open. The Super 750 is scheduled to take place at Cesson-Sévigné between October 21 and 26, and the Indians will arrive at the event as the defending champions. (PTI)
