Thailand Open: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty enter men’s double semifinals

By  News On Air   May 15, 2026

n Thailand Open Badminton, India’s top men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the semi-finals in Bangkok. They defeated Japanese pair of Takumi Nomura and Yuichi Shimogami 21-12, 21-13 in the quarter-final match today.

In Men’s Singles, Lakshya Sen lost to Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn 19-21, 16-21 in a quarterfinal match. 

Earlier, in Women’s Singles, two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu lost to Akane Yamaguchi of Japan 21-19, 18-21, 15-21 in the quarterfinals.