Singapore Open: ‘We Never Got Going’
India’s hopes of ending their Singapore Open doubles drought suffered a blow following the ouster of top-seeded men’s pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty.
· PREM KUMAR
“We never really got going,” conceded Rankireddy after the shock 22-20 21-18 loss to world No.34 Daniel Lundgaard/Mads Vestergaard on Tuesday. “We should have finished it off when we were leading the first game 20-18. Made some unforced errors and never recovered.”
Rankireddy/Shetty’s debut appearance in the main draw came in 2018 – the only time they cleared the first round. They returned after five years in 2023 but fell to Akira Koga/Taichi Saito in the opener.
Shetty said: “It's always tough here, we’ve never played good matches.