Indonesia Open 2023: Defeating Malaysian duo special achievement for Satwiksairaj and Chirag

Indian shuttler duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on Sunday created history as they won the Indonesia Open menrsquos doubles title becoming the first Indian pair to win a BWF World Tour Super 1000 titleThe duo said they were delighted that the historic title triumph at the Indonesia Open came against their nemesis Malaysian world champions Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi YikBefore their mens doubles final the Indian pair had a record of 08 against the Malaysian duo In the summit clash that lasted for 43 minutes the Indians prevailed 2117 2118The world No 6 pair of Rankireddy and Shetty finally managed to not only end their losing streak against the Malaysian duo but also put an end to their disappointing recent runSatwiksairaj told the media after their win More than winning the tournament beating them is one of the highs When we play them next time we will play allin againChirag echoed his partners sentiments and said More than winning the tournament beating Aaron and Soo was what we truly wanted to do because we have come close in beating them but we have sort of held ourselves back a bitBut this time we reached up to the plan and it paid huge dividends But as Satwik said this is just the start we have to win even bigger tournaments he saidWhile clarifying that the presence of Pullela Gopichand was not restricted to their final as he was there for the team Satwiksairaj stated that his presence at the game had a huge impactWe are very happy with this performance after a bad past two months We had become lazy and passive with thoughts like it is under control but it is not The last two tournaments were wakeup calls for us be alert otherwise we would be smashed in the first round only said SatwiksairajWe practised really hard with the coaches physios and trainers I have an injury prone body but I would say credit the efforts put behind the team Even Gopi sir came after a long time for our matches I felt like he is a magician on the court I feel so positive when he is there he addedFor Chirag the reason behind the Indian pairs triumph had more to do with them executing their plans well and playing the game the way they likedNot really holding ourselves back while receiving We have always served well against them and they have had a service and receiving is quite good said Chirag when asked about what their plans wereWe knew we had to be upfront and be a little slow on that We knew that rallies would be short against them we did not want to do that If the shuttle was low instead of playing in between we were lifting and defending because we knew we have a strong defense as well now Chirag addedSatwiksairaj said it was important for the Indian pair to not let their past record against the Malaysian duo affect them during the finalWe are the winners here but we again have a tournament next week for which we go back and reset But still happy with the way we played and I felt like it was a new day I really felt like you are playing a new opponent it is not like I was looking at headtohead we were down 80 but I was not thinking much he saidI thought it was the final the pressure is the same on both the teams and whoever plays well will win I thought we were playing well we were in control when we got the strike in the first game that it was our day dont panic just enjoy the final and see what happens Satwiksairaj addedChirag said he was more pleased after the game because they recorded a convincing victoryI would not say it was the best match but we played with a lot of conviction he saidWe stuck to the game plan first few points we did not really score that well In the earlier eight matches that we played against them we sort of held ourselves back but we stuck to the plan and we knew they are humans they are players they will also make mistakes We stuck to our plans and did not give them any chance to come back Chirag expressedSatwiksairaj said the Indian pair had truly come a long way from focusing on just getting a chance to play at the Indonesian Open to becoming the first pair from the country to win a Super 1000 eventWinning in Indonesia is never easy a lot of legends play here It is one of our dream tournaments from the start it was about at least getting an entry and from there to winning this is a long journey he saidThe duo has now won at least one of each of these titles ndash Super 100 Super 300 Super 500 Super 750 and Super 1000With PTI inputsAlso Read Indonesia Open 2023 Satwiksairaj RankireddyChirag Shetty script history with maiden Super 1000 title