The Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty made history on Sunday as they clinched the title at the Swiss Open 2023.
Satwiksairaj and Chirag defeated the Chinese duo of Ren Xiang Yu & Tan Qiang in the summit clash to clinch India's first-ever doubles title in the tournament's 68-year history.
The second-seeded Indian pair, the 2022 World Championships bronze medallist, was solid in defence and dished out an attacking game to outwit the world No. 21 pair 21-19, 24-22 in 54 minutes.
It was the first title of the season for India with Satwik and Chirag putting to rest the disappointment of last week's All England Championships where they had exited in the second round.
Overall, it was the fifth career world tour title for the Indian pair, who had claimed the India Open and French Open last year, besides securing the Thailand Open in 2019 and Hyerabad Open in 2018.
Satwik and Chirag had also won the 2022 Commonwealth Games gold.
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