Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty assured themselves of a medal at the Badminton Asian Championships in Dubai on Friday. It will be India's first medal in men's doubles after 52 years. Attacking relentlessly, the duo ousted higher ranked Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia 21-11, 21-12 in the men's doubles quarterfinals.
PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy and the mixed doubles pair of Rohan Kapoor and Sikki Reddy lost in the quarterfinals. The world No. 6 Indian duo despatched their world No. 3 opponents in 28 minutes. From 8-8 in the first game, they moved to 16-8. In the second game too, the Indians broke free from the 10th point. There were over a dozen smashes each in both the games.