Star Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty assured India of a medal at the World Championships after defeating their nemesis, Malaysia’s two-time Olympic medallists Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, in the men’s doubles quarter-finals here.

A year after the heartbreak in Paris, where they lost to the same pair and missed out on an Olympic medal, the World No. 3 duo produced a commanding 21-12, 21-19 win in 43 minutes to avenge that loss and storm into the semi-finals on Friday night. 

“Feeling really good. It was a rematch of sorts from the Olympics. We finally got some redemption. It was the same court, same arena,  a year  ago,” Chirag said. “It’s always a pleasure playing against them. We’ve always had some really tough battles, at the biggest of events. Really happy we could win today,” he added.