Satwiksairaj, Chirag’s tryst with history continues with maiden Super 1000 title

Just a month after Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty scripted history to become the the first Indian men’s doubles pair to win a gold medal at the Badminton Asia Championships, ending the nation’s 52-year wait, the pair ranked world no.4 outlasted second seeds Aaron Chia and Wooi Yik Soh of Malaysia in the 2023 Indonesia Open final to claim their first ever Super 1000 title. The pair have been making a habit of registering a number of firsts for Indian badminton in the last few years and on Sunday, they beat the world champions 21-17, 21-18 to become the first ever Indians to lift a Super 1000 title.