Tokyo: India’s Chirag Shetty- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy’s Olympic journey came to an end after world number one pair of Gideon-Sukamuljo lose their last group stage match to Chinese Taipei’s Yang Lee and Chi-Lin Wang 18-21, 21-15, 17-21.
The TPE pair have 5 games to their name, even if Satwik-Chirag won today’s match in straight sets they would have won just games.
Meanwhile, Satwik-Chirag headed into the mid-game interval with a two-point lead. India made a comeback and went onto the win the second game 21-19. However, due to poor games difference they fail to qualify.