Indonesia Open 2023: Satwik-Chirag through to 1st Super 1000 final; Prannoy bows out in semifinal

Indian men's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty fought hard to advance to the final, but it was curtains for HS Prannoy in the men's singles semifinals of the Indonesia Open World Tour Super 1000 event in Jakarta on Saturday.

The Commonwealth Games gold medalist duo overcame a game deficit to beat unseeded Min Hyuk Kang and Seung Jae Seo of Korea 17-21 21-19 21-18 to seal their maiden Super-1000 final berth.

World No 6 Satwik and Chirag will face the winners Pramudya Kusumawardana and Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Rambitan of Indonesia and second seeds Aaron Chia and Wooi Yik Soh of Malaysia.

Meanwhile, Prannoy failed to rise to the occasion against top seed Viktor Axelsen of Denmark, going down 15-21 15-21.

Prannoy played the catch up game from the onset. He showed sparks in between riding on his cross court smashes but Axelsen's drop shots and court coverage was good enough to help him take the lead.

It was Prannoy's sixth loss against the Dane in the international circuit as against two wins.

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