Satwik-Chirag lose in China Open semis

Fuzhou : The Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty's impressive run came to an end after they lost to three-time defending champions Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia in the semifinal of USD 700,000 China Open here on Saturday.

The world number 9 Indian pair lost 16-21 20-22 to the top seeds and world number one Marcus and Kevin to bow out of the BWF World Tour Super 750 tournament here.

This was the eighth successive loss for Satwik and Chirag against the Indonesian pair. Satwik and Chirag played their hearts out during the 40-minute final but it was not enough in the end.