Swiss Open: Satwik, Chirag out

Basel, March 24 : Indian men Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered a shocking 19-21, 20-22 defeat at the hands of Pramudya Kusumawardana and Yeremia Erich Rambitan of Indonesia in the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament round-16 here on Thursday. The Indians, ranked 7 in the world, has defeated the 23rd ranked Indonesian pair in the last edition. In the first round match on Wednesday, Satwik and Chirag stunned the reigning All England Open champion Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana of Indonesia 17-21, 21-11, 21-18. BAV MR

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