Satwik-Chirag win in Thailand Open

Top seeds Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty survived a tough challenge before beating Indonesia’s Muh Putra Erwiansyah and Bagas Maulana in a thrilling three-match opener of the men’s doubles competition at the Thailand Open Super 500 tournament here on Tuesday (May 12, 2026).

The Indian duo, number 4 in the world, defeated Muh and Bagas with sets of 19-21, 23-21, 21-10 in 64 minutes. The Indian duo found themselves trailing 11-16 in the second game and then collected seven consecutive points to turn the tide. Muh and Bagas fought back to level the score at 18-18, but Satwik and Chirag held their nerve to level the contest.

The second game remained closely fought, with both pairs engaged in long rallies until the Indians managed to take a three-run lead at the interval. However, the Indonesian duo took the lead at halftime and took the lead 17-14. Despite the enthusiastic fight of the Indians, the match eventually came to a decision.

In the third game, Satwik and Chirag proved their authority by taking an 11-5 lead at half-time before wrapping up the rest of the contest.

The Indian duo will next face Malaysia’s Bryan Jeremy Goonting and Muhammad Haikal.

Earlier, Malaysia’s Olympic bronze medalist Lee Zii Jia, who returned to the court after recovering from his right ankle injury and back problems, defeated India’s Manav Choudhary with sets of 21-19, 21-18 in the qualifying match.

In the mixed doubles qualifiers, Indian M. Jaglan and L. Jaglan lost to Tsai Fu Cheng and Sung Yu Hsuan from Chinese Taipei 11-21, 18-21, while in the women’s singles qualifier, Thailand’s Y Ketklieng defeated Indian A Shahapurkar 21-5, 21-7.