Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open Badminton Semifinal 2025 Live Updates:

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Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open Live Updates: The Indian pair is in the action in semifinal on Saturday. (BWF/BadmintonPhoto)

Satwik-Chirag vs Aaron-Wooi Yik, Singapore Open Badminton Semifinal 2025 Live Scorecard Online Today Match: After making a light work of the world No. 1 pair, Malaysia’s Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin, 21-17, 21-15 in just 39 minutes in the 2025 Singapore Open Super 750 quarter-final, the Indian men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankiredddy and Chirag Shetty will be up against another Malaysian duo, this time the world No. 3 duo of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the semi-final on Saturday.

Satwik-Chirag, who have now slid down to world No 27 after having to miss tournaments due to injury concerns, are the last standing Indian contenders in Singapore this week.

Earlier on Friday, a commendable performance by the Indian duo helped them mount a comeback after battling fitness issues for the past few weeks, as they outplayed the Malaysians. Before that, they had entered the last eight with a come-from-behind win in their second round match on Thursday. Satwik and Chirag rallied to beat seventh-seeded Indonesian pair of Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani 19-21 21-16 21-19 in a gruelling contest that lasted one hour and 14 minutes.

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Plan A-ttack: How Satwik-Chirag dismantled world No 1 Goh-Izzuddin to enter Singapore Open semifinals

Satwik Chirag Singapore Open Chirag Shetty (back) & Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (front) celebrate their QF win at the Singapore Open 20. (BWF/Badminton Photo)

“….and, Hulk. Smash.”

Pithy words. Clear instructions. It is not known if Malaysian Tan Kim Her or Pullela Gopichand have ever watched a Marvel movie. But in the aftermath of the Olympics disappointment and with change in coaching personnel, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were finally told to stop tiptoeing about by their coaching chair, in training and on the court.

While Mathias Boe did extremely well to bring in the European defensive sturdiness to their game and equip Satwik-Chirag with a Plan B should the first three strokes of a rally not assert their dominance, coach Tan and Gopichand were pretty clear that the duo needed to live up to their reputation as attacking giants.

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