The top Indian doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in men’s and Ashwini Ponappa and Tanisha Crasto in women’s category, progressed to the semi-finals of the Thailand Open. Satwik-Chirag outclassed Malaysian duo of Junaidi Arif and Roy King Yap 21-7, 21-14. 

Earlier,  Ponappa and Crasto clinched a hard-fought 21-15, 21-23, 21-19 victory over the Korean pair of Shin Seung Chan and Lee Yu Lim. In the men’s singles, Meirba Luwang lost to  Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn 12-21, 5-21.