We just made a few silly mistakes, says Satwik

We are happy with how we played in the tournament, but a little disappointed that we couldn’t control our nerves

We just made a few silly mistakes, says Satwik

Chirag (left) and Satwik in the Malaysian Open final. Pic/AFP

India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty faltered at the finishing line to end their dream run at the Malaysia Open Super 1000 with a narrow loss in the men’s doubles final against World No. 1 Chinese Liang Wei keng and Wang Chang here on Sunday. Satwik and Chirag, the Asian Games gold medallists, squandered an opening game advantage and an 11-7 lead in the decider to go down 21-9, 18-21, 17-21 in a thrilling final.

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“We are happy with how we played in the tournament, but a little disappointed that we couldn’t control our nerves. We played under lot more pressure than them towards the end and made silly mistakes, but they kept pressing us. Hopefully, we will take revenge next time,” Satwik said after the match.

“Coach (Mathias Boe) said that we should keep the racquet up and move our foot. We knew they would come back, we should have been calmer and they played exceedingly well,” Chirag said. It was the fourth defeat for the Indian pair against Liang and Wang, having lost three of their last four meetings—all in 2023.

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