The Asian Champions defeated the Indonesian top seeds 17-21, 21-13, 21-14 in the men’s doubles final that lasted for 62 minutes on court 1 at the Yeosu City Hall in Yeosu, Korea. This was the Indian pair’s second win over the World number one Indonesian pair this year and the third overall in five attempts.
Chances of Satwik and Chirag adding another title to their trophy cabinet looked difficult in the opening game when the Indonesians opened up a 10-3 lead and then extended the advantage 19-10.
This was when the Indians changed tactics, went for attacking shots and won six consecutive points to close the gap. Alfian and Ardianto managed to stave them off but the momentum was well and truly with the eventual champions by then.
Satwik and Chirag then kept on the pressure by taking the shuttle early and not allowing their opponents control the pace of the rallies and force the decider.
The third and final game was a much tighter contest during the first half as the Indonesians mixed things up. However, the Indians were prepared to stick to their game plan of attacking the shuttle ahead of them and looked pretty comfortable by the time the players changed ends at 11-8 and wrapped up the match in an hour and two minutes.
This was their first Korea Open title. Former world champion PV Sindhu is the only other Indian to clinch the Korea Open title when she defeated Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara back in 2017.
This was the Indian pair’s third title on the BWF World Tour this year. The Indian duo had earlier this year won the Indonesia Open and Swiss Open titles. This is also the third Super 500 title of their career so far after Thailand Open 2019 and Yonex Sunrise India Open 2022.
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