Star Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Japan's Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi in straight games to enter the semifinals of the Korea Open Super 500 badminton tournament here on Friday.

The World No. 3 Indian duo, seeded third here, took just 40 minutes to get the better of the fifth seeded Japanese pair 21-14, 21-17.