Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty continued their dream-run, entering the finals of the French Open. The Indian duo registered a thrilling straight-game win over the Japanese pair of Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe in Paris.
Satwik and Chirag, who had won their maiden Thailand Open in August, notched up a 21-11, 25-23 win over the fifth-seeded Japanese combination in a 56-minute semifinal yesterday.
The world number 11 Indian pair will now take on top-seeded Indonesian pair of Marcus Gideon and Kevin Sukamuljo in the summit clash.
Satwik and Chirag had come into the match with a 0-2 head-to-head record against the Japanese combination, having lost to them at the 2018 Indonesia Open and 2017 World Championship.