Tokyo: A pair of Indian men’s Satwikaraj Ranking and Chirag Shetty satisfying sensational performances to defeat the world No.
3 pairs of Lee and Chi-Lin Wang from China Taipei in a thrilling match match to make an extraordinary start to the first Olympic campaign here on Saturday.
Chirag and Satwik, no world.
10, recorded a victory 21-16 16-21 27-21 which was amazing for the third seed Lee and Wang, who had claimed a back-to-back title at YONEX Thailand Open, Toyota Thailand Open and BWF’s World Tour Final earlier this year.
However, 13th seed B Sai Praneet suffered loss of destruction 17-21 15-21 to the world number 47 Misha Zilberman from Israel in the match of the Group D Singles 41 minutes man.
Satwik and Chirag matched their fantasy rivals in the attack and defense for an hour and six minutes of the contest, which turned out to be a thriller edge-of-the-seat.
The Indian duo ran a 7-2 advantage from the start, before entering a break at 11-7.
Satwik and Chirag kept moving forward and finally won the opening game.
In the second game, Lee and Wang which changed most of the opportunities but the Indian duo managed to hatch their necks at 8-10.
After the interval, the Chinese duo changed the gear and immediately got up again into the contest.
In decider, the Indian couple enjoyed a slim 2-0 lead, which was quickly removed by their rivals.
Two pairs move the neck and neck from there to 10-10.
Net errors by Satwik allowed Chinese Taipei pairs to lead one point at rest.
Satwik and Chirag followed 11-13 but two consecutive points helped them draw parity.
Errors’ mistakes for Indians as their opponents lead 17-14.
A strong smash was followed by a bad dish by Chirag but Satwik released Smash to make him 15-18.
Smash by Satwik and extraordinary dishes and back up the body follow-up by Chirag helps Parity Draw Duo India.
Lee and Wang then made a mistake on the internet because it was an Indian advantage.
The Chinese Taipei duo then made him 20-20 before sending a shuttle because the point of the match often exchanged hands with both couples who wanted to disappoint each other.
Two lucky net chords helped Chinese couples make it 24-24, before they took the match point.
But they failed to change it and then with a shuttle, India once again had another match point.
Chirag and Satwik grabbed it this time when their opponents tried hard on the front page.
Previously, Praneph endangered his qualification to the knockout stage after going down to Zilberman.
Praneph, the 2019 Championship Bronze Winner and now ranked 15th, will face the front 29 Mark Caljouw from the Netherlands.
In the opening game, Praneeth ran to Tin 8-4 since the beginning but soon Zilberman retreated five points directly to change the table when Indians conducted a series of unpacted errors.
Indians entered a break with a one-point advantage after Zilberman made a mistake.
Praneth has no execution, which allows Zilberman to lead 15-13.
The Israeli shuttler dominated the trial next to Zoom to 19-14 as Indians did several shots.
Smash Cross-Court helped Zilberman take six game points and he sealed him to his fourth effort.
Zilber who continues to look good with Praneph sends two first shuttle.
Israel immediately leads 8-5.
Zilberman continues to dictate the requirements in demonstrations as Praneph trailing 7-11 at the interval.
Praneph can’t match the pace of his opponent, which seems to play at a different level.
Zilberman finally won eight match points after Praneeth went longer and sealed the match with a smash.