China Masters badminton tournament: Satwik-Chirag enter last 16; Lakshya exits

India`s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. Pic/AP, PTI

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty entered the men's doubles Round-of-16 with a straight-game win but India's challenge in the men's singles competition ended with Lakshya Sen's first-round ouster from the China Masters badminton tournament here on Wednesday.

Rankireddy and Shetty, who finished runners-up in last week's Hong Kong Open, eked out a 24-22, 21-13, victory over Malaysia's Junaidi Arif and Roy King Yap.
However, Sen, who also finished second last week, lost 11-21, 10-21 to Toma Junior Popov to bring the curtains down on India's men's singles challenge
after Ayush Shetty's defeat on Tuesday.

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