Hong Kong Open: ‘Final, Finally’
For over a year, Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy had been stuck in a loop – six semifinals, six exits.
· PREM KUMAR
Their 2024 Thailand Open title was their last taste of a final, and since then, the finish line always seemed just out of reach.
But on Saturday at LI-NING Hong Kong Open 2025, the eighth seeds finally broke the pattern. With a 21-17 21-15 win over Chen Cheng Kuan and Lin Bing, they booked their place in the title match, exorcising ghosts of past early exits on the island.
“Final, finally. We’ve been constantly playing semifinals and we really wanted to make the final,” Shetty said. “It’s been a while so we are extremely happy.”