Bangkok: After stumbling to a loss in the second round, Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on Thursday bowed out of the Thailand Open. The duo was defeated by the Indonesian pair of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in straight games 21-19, 21-17.
Talking about the game, Rankireddy and Shetty failed to get the good start and the duo was defeated in straight games. The second-round match lasted for 34 minutes, and the Indian pair stumbled to bow out of the tournament. The Indian pair had cruised into the second round of the ongoing Thailand Open here on Wednesday.
The world number ten Indian pair outclassed the South Korean pair of Kim Gi Jung and Lee Yong Dae 19-21, 21-16, 21-14 in the first round of the tournament. PV Sindhu was earlier knocked out of the tournament after facing defeat in the first round.
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