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TOI Sports Desk | TIMESOFINDIA.COM

All England Championships: Satwik-Chirag beat Danish pair to enter pre-quarterfinals

India's top men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty progressed to the second round at the All England Championships after defeating Denmark's Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard on Wednesday.

The reigning Asian Games champions showed excellent form to secure a 21-17, 21-15 victory in 40 minutes.

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The Indian pair will next face Chinese duo of Hao Nan Xie and Wei Han Zeng in their round-of-16 clash on Thursday.

In the other upcoming matches for the Indian players, Lakshya Sen is set to compete against Indonesia's Jonatan Christie, while Malvika Bansod will challenge Japan's third seed and two-time World Champion Akane Yamaguchi.

Malvika had previously secured a remarkable victory against Singapore's Yeo Jia Min in her opening match at this prestigious event.

The ninth-ranked duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, with two consecutive semifinal appearances at this tournament, will face eighth seeds Hye Jeong Kim and Hee Yong Kong from Korea.

The Indian pair of Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde are scheduled to compete against fifth-seeded Chinese combination of Yan Zhe Feng and Ya Xin Wei.

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