Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj won the Korea Open Title: The Indian pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy has won the Korea Open Super 500 Badminton title. They defeated the world number one pair of Indonesia’s Fajar Alan and Mohammad Riyan 17-21, 21-13, 21-14 in the final. This match lasted for 62 minutes. The Indian pair was trailing by one game but made a spectacular comeback to win another title. Before this match, the record against the Indonesian pair was equal to 2-2.
Satwik-Chirag won the second consecutive title
On Saturday, the Indian pair had entered the final with a thrilling straight-game win over world number two pair of Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang of China. Satwik and Chirag have also won Indonesia Super 1000 and Swiss Open Super 500 titles this year. Satwik and Chirag have won several titles since their pairing, including a Commonwealth Games gold medal, a Thomas Cup gold medal, a bronze medal at the World Championships, and Super 300 (Syed Modi and Swiss Open), Super 500 (Thailand and India Open), Super 750 (French Open) and Indonesia Open Super 1000 titles.
The BWF World Tour is divided into six levels, which include the World Tour Finals, four Super 1000 tournaments, six Super 750 tournaments, seven Super 500 tournaments and 11 Super 300 tournaments. Another category of tournament is the BWF Tour Super 100 level which also awards ranking points.