Satwik-Chirag Badminton Highlights, Asian Games 2023: Satwik-Chirag beats Aaron-Soh 21-17, 21-12 to reach men’s doubles final

Chirag finishes things off in style with killer smashes. He takes India into the men’s doubles final with a straight games win over the fifth-ranked Malaysian pair.

SOH W Y was way too good and aggressive to baffle the Indian duo with a set of smashes to save another match point.

Soh returns quickly to save a match point.

A match point for India.

Aaron leaps and smashes to win a point from Satwik.

Soh’s smash went wide to give India a point.

An unforce error from Aaron as he finds the net to give India another point.

Malaysia wins a point after Satwik shoots long.

Chirag sets up the point with back-to-back smashes before Satwik went for the kill with a firey cross-court smash.

Malaysia cuts down India’s lead with a point.

Soh’s return finds the net to give India a point.

Soh places his return and angles on the left to win a point.

Soh wins a point with a smash against Chirag who finds himself in an awkward position.

Aaron wins back a point before India takes another point to maintain its 10-point lead.

Chirag charges into the net and anticipated the return to get a point with a brilliant backhand shot near the net.

Satwik serves, Aaron places his return to Chirag’s left for a brilliant tactical point.

Soh’s backhand return goes long before an exhilarating rally.

Satwik’s return goes wide to give a point to the Malaysian pair.

Soh makes a mistake as his smash finds the net to give India another point. 8-point lead for India.

The pair of Satwik-Chirag extends their lead to seven points after Aaron shots wide.

Chirag makes sure to get a point with a low mid-court smash.

Points were traded after Aaron’s return went long.

There is no stopping for the Indian duo as Satwik wins back-to-back points with brilliant returns and timely smashes.

Another point for India. Satwik is very impressive with this quick killing smashes.

Aaron takes a point with a drop shot service before Soh wins the first point for Malaysia. Lead cut down to two.

Four-point lead for the Indian duo now. Satwik’s smash worked for India this time.

Soh fails to return a quick smash from Chirag as his backhand return finds the net.

Make it 2-0 as Chirag wins another point.

Satwik-Chirag gets a point to start the second game after Aaron’s smash goes wide.

The players are back after a five minutes break for the second game.

Aaron fails to return Chirag’s drop shot and with this, the Indian duo takes the first game.

Chirag misses Soh’s drop shot. Malaysia saves the second game point.

Chirag makes a service error to give a point back to Aaron and Soh.

Chirag’s return helps India get a game point.

India is just two points away from taking the first game.

The Malaysian pair are crawling back into the game as they force Chirag to make an error after the Indian missed a low smash.

Satwik wins back a point with a forehand return.

The Malaysian pair takes two points back. First with the cross-court smash and the other with a receiver’s error.

The duo of Satwik-Chirag are running away with the lead now. They made it 17-10 with back-to-back points.

Aaron misjudges Chirag’s return and lets it go, turns out it was in that means the Indian pair will get a five-point lead!

Make it a four-point lead for India after Chirag wins a point.

A wonderful point for India after Satwik angled his smash to the left side of the court to end a long rally in India’s favour.

Satwik sets up the point with a couple of cross-court smashes before Chirag finishes the point with a forehand smash.

Satwik uses the left side gap and angles his smash to get a point and put India in the lead in the first game.

Chirag restores parity after Soh tries and fails to return Chirag’s mid-court smash.

Back-to-back points for Aaron and Soh.

Too greedy from Chirag who tries to play a cheeky return near the net but finds the net to give a point to the Malaysian duo.

Rock solid defence from the Indian duo to return quick smashes. Chirag secures the point after finding a gap on the left to place his backhand shot.

Aaron’s return goes long to give India a point. Satwik-Chirag in lead.

Chirag takes back the point with a lovely forehand return.

Soh W Y was way too quick to get a point with a mid-court forehand smash.

A point for India after reviewing the long call. The return was well inside the court.

Wonderful defence by Satwik to return at least three quick smashes with backhand returns but the Malaysian duo got the better of the Indian this time.

Satwik uses his position well to smash between Aaron and Soh to get back a point for India. Chirag ups the ante for India in the following rally to restore parity.

Soh WY smashes for a point before Aaron forces Chirag to make an error while returning. Two points in succession for Malaysia.

Soh’s return goes wide to give India a point.

Satwik makes an error while returning a mid-court smash. Point to Malaysia.

Chirag gets back-to-back points with a wonderful side-court smash to put India in the lead.

A bodyline smash from Aaron will fetch the Malaysian duo’s first point in the game.

The players are in the middle and are warming up.

Satwik Rankireddy - Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty - 3rd

Wooi Yik Soh - Teng Fong Aaron Chia - 5th

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Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the badminton men’s doubles semifinal match between the Indian duo of Satwik-Chirag and the Malaysian pair of Aaron Chia-Soh WY at the Beijing Gymnasium Court 1 in Hangzhou on Friday. Stay tuned as we bring you all the live updates as it unfolds.