India’s star shuttler pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Amalur advanced to the round of 16 of the Malaysia Open 2024 badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.

Whereas, in the singles event, Gol Sen and HS Prannoy were eliminated in the first round. In this event, India’s Kidambi Superstar has made the Round of 16 in 16th place. He will face world number 20 Ng Longs of Hong Kong on Sunday.

Satwik-Chirag won the game 2-0
The Indian pair, ranked second in the badminton rankings, defeated the World No. 9 Indonesian pair of Mohammad Shohibul Fikri and Maulana Bagas by the score of 21-18, 21-19 in two games in 44 minutes.

Satwik-Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag stars early in their first match of the 2024 badminton season and prevented the Indonesian pair from taking the lead at any point during the first game. At the same time, the second game was stopped, but Satwik-Chirag won it.

Satwik-Chirag were in Asia at Malaysia Open last year.

Lost to Antonsen of Denmark
World No. 8 HS Prannoy lost one place to Danish Anders Antonsen 21-14, 21-11 in 43 minutes. Prannoy lost 2-0 in straight games.

HSI’s match lasted for 43 minutes.

Sen also lost two consecutive games
World No. 16 Gol Sen Bhis was eliminated after losing in the first round of singles. Sen lost two consecutive games to China’s World No. 18 Weng Hong Yang in 49 minutes to advance with a score of 21-15, 21-16.

Lakshya Sen has faced defeat in the first round for the fifth consecutive time so far.

Defeated Ukraine’s world number 5 in the second round
India’s World No. 24 Kidambi SK had defeated Indonesian World No. 5 Jonathan Christie in the first round on Tuesday. He will next face world number 20 Ng Ka Large Angus of Hong Kong.