Satwik-Chirag vs Aaron-Wooi Yik, Singapore Open Badminton Semifinal 2025 Live Scorecard Online Today Match: After making light work of the world No. 1 pair Malaysia’s Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin, 21-17, 21-15 in just 39 minutes in the 2025 Singapore Open Super 750 quarter-final, the Indian men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankiredddy and Chirag Shetty will be up against another Malaysian duo, this time the world No. 3 duo of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the semi-final on Saturday.
Satwik-Chirag, who have now slid down to world No 27 after having to miss tournaments due to injury concerns, are the last standing Indian contenders in Singapore this week. Chia and Soh are familiar opponents for the Indians, having met them 12 times in the past and won thrice. The Malaysians were once 8-0 on the Head-to-Head but after that SatChi won three in a row, including the Asian Games semifinal and Indonesia Open final famously. But in their last meeting, Chia-Soh broke Indian hearts at the quarterfinals in the Olympics.
Earlier on Friday, a commendable performance by the Indian duo helped them mount a comeback after battling fitness issues for the past few weeks, as they outplayed the Malaysians. Before that, they had entered the last eight with a come-from-behind win in their second round match on Thursday. Satwik and Chirag rallied to beat seventh-seeded Indonesian pair of Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani 19-21 21-16 21-19 in a gruelling contest that lasted one hour and 14 minutes.
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Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 21-19 10-21 Chia-Soh
10 game points for the Malaysians and they need only 1 to convert as Chirag pushes the shuttle long. The worrying aspect is not the scoreline but how the Indians didn’t have a grasp of the drift at all in that 2nd game.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 21-19 10-19 Chia-Soh
The Indians completely on the defensive here, playing passive badminton, not really looking for any openings in that rally and the error eventually comes.
Another error as Chirag shouts ‘out out out’ but the shuttle lands in. They have not been comfortable from the near side at all and Gill Clark makes the exact same point.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 21-19 10-17 Chia-Soh
A comeback was beginning to look plausible but a service error from Satwik and a soft error on the smash from Chirag and the MNAS pair have another 7 point lead.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 21-19 8-15 Chia-Soh
Oh complete breakdown of communication there, Chirag started moving across the court to the net and Satwik was closer to the shuttle. But both end up leaving it. You don’t see that very often from the Indians, but that is the sign of them training barely a couple of weeks in the lead up to this tournament.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 21-19 7-14 Chia-Soh
Oh this time Satwik pounces at the net to target Soh on his body. A hand up goes in apology but a good point for the Indians.
Oh dear, can’t afford such errors, Chirag snatches at the backhand at the net, unlike him. The serve goes away again.
Soh with a great third shot winner on his own serve and the lead is now 7.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 21-19 6-12 Chia-Soh
If the Game is inevitable, the Indians will look for some momentum, and clues too from the near side, to help them after the change of ends. A high pressure point from the net by Chirag and the Indians get the serve back at 6-12.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 21-19 5-11 Chia-Soh
A couple of soft errors from the Malaysians and the gap is look a bit less daunting for the Indians…
…but still, a 11-5 lead is huge at the interval. The decider looks almost inevitable here.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 21-19 3-10 Chia-Soh
Magical return of serve from Aaron, and another net cord, this one well earned, the shuttlers will tell you they practice this all the time.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 21-19 2-9 Chia-Soh
A tame service error from Soh but the MAS immediately get the serve back off the back of a lucky net cord. Everything going their way in Game 2 so far.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 21-19 1-8 Chia-Soh
POINT OF THE MATCH. So far at least. Great flat exchanges from both pairs, and it is indeed the longest rally of the match. 32 shots. Satwik’s increasing tempo at the net eventually proves too hot for the MAS pair. Finally a point for the Indians in Game 2.
Oh dear, Satwik lets the shuttle drop in way too inside. Bad misjudgment there and there is some miscommunication between the Indians next point too as Satwik nets a forehand drive. This is a massive lead now for the Malaysians.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 21-19 0-5 Chia-Soh
Breathless men’s doubles badminton. Phew. Chirag with a couple of crucial interventions at the net and Satwik with some wonderful changes of pace to convert the 2nd game point. It’s been thrilling to watch. 21-19 SatChi.
The Malaysians have however made a strong start to Game 2. A big early lead already given how close the contests between them tends to be. Some great defensive work by the Malaysians.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 21-19 Chia-Soh
Wonderful touch from Satwik! Brilliant changes of pace from the big man at the back, not just all smashes you know?
The Indians take the lead in the match. That was some wonderful doubles badminton towards the end-game from both pairs but the Indians a bit more steady in crunch situations.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 20-19 Chia-Soh
Soh makes up for it. what a sensational return of serve and the game point saved first up. Chia’s serve now.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 20-18 Chia-Soh
Some confusion in the Indian formation there with Chirag back-pedalling but it doesn’t cost them as the Malaysian’s send the shuttle long. And Soh makes the error next point under pressure. Snatching at the smash and the Indians have game points
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 18-18 Chia-Soh
This is where most elite doubles matches become decisive. Around the 16-17 mark. The Malaysians have the serve but Satwik and Chirag both nail their sharp smashes, with Chirag intercepting at the net early. Crucial crucial point. But the Malayisans not going away, Aaron Chia showing his smashing power too, a clean winner to Chirag’s backhand side, unreturnable.
Massive smash from Satwik but it is return with interest from Soh this time and it is too quick for Chirag to handle at the net. All level!
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 17-15 Chia-Soh
Slightly concerning that the Indians are now not controlling the longer (well, relatively speaking) points as they usually do. Another developed rally but ends with an error from Chirag.
UFF! Massive smash from Satwik and it is a winner, as well as a string-breaker. Two-polnt lead and a racket change.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 16-14 Chia-Soh
Soft error from Aaron at the net. One more point won or lost at the net.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 15-14 Chia-Soh
This time Satwik’s turn to turn the heat on with the service return and the Indians have the serve back.
A lot of this match is happening at the net at the moment and Soh is crucial to Malaysia there. The Indians are not exactly strong in this area but they are doing well enough at the moment.A developed rally after a long time it feels like, both pairs are scrambling, the Indians are out of position, Satwik’s mishit shot nearly loops over the net but it is wide. It is now a 1-point game.
Momentum shifting.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 14-12 Chia-Soh
Chirag charges forward after a good low serve return and throws the Malaysian defence off, and the Indians put it away. Good tactical point.
Oh what a serve. That Chirag drive serve, when it works, is a classic. The Indians lead 14-10. But his backhand drive from a rally off the next point misses the sidelines. MAS have the serve back at 11-14. Great pressure from the serviceand Aaron’s third shot is unreturnable. 2-point game.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 12-10 Chia-Soh
While the Indians are both sensational from backcourt with their attacks, the Malaysian strength is that both Chia & Soh are sensational at the frontcourt with their speed and angles. That gets the serve back to them at 8-12.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 11-8 Chia-Soh
Wonderful reflex from Satwik even as he was moving himself on the court to where he had to be, but he keeps his eye on the shutte and finds and empty corner of the court. 11-8 after just 7 minutes of play. Super furious stuff.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 10-8 Chia-Soh
A challenge from the Indians for a service that was called out of the box and they win that review. Good call. A small but useful 2-point lead again for the Indian, can they take into the interval?
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 8-8 Chia-Soh
Nothing to choose between the two pairs here early on, both making errors, forced and unforced, but the pattern is that when the Indians get out of the 1-2-3 situation and engage in a rally where they get the Malaysians to lift, their attack is carrying the extra sting as seen for that point at 8-8.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 7-7 Chia-Soh
Now the Malaysians sneak ahead. It is all fast and furious. “We have hardly had a rally yet,” says commentator Gill Clark. And another short point makes it level at 5-5. Really good crouching play from the Indians next point to keep the shuttle alive and the error comes from the MAS side now. But Chirag’s flick serve doesn’t work as Chia shows his net prowess to draw it all level at 7-7.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 5-5 Chia-Soh
That was like defence vs offence in training. The Indians are going bang-bang-bang but the sturdy Malaysians keep pinging the shuttle back, but eventually Satwik breaks through. The Indains with a small early edge here but as we say that Soh with a lovely winner at the net from a service return. And he quickly makes it level at 5-5 as Chirag makes an error at the net..
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwik-Chirag 2-2 Chia-Soh
Couple of lovely winners from either side of the net to start this match.
Oops, just like yesterday, an early service fault for height from Satwik. It continues to bother him but hopefully not at a crucial stage later on.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: SATCHI TIME
Reminder of the head-to-head.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: SATCHI TIME
The last match of the day and it is time for SatChi vs ChiaSoh. The former world No 1s vs the current world No 3s and former world champs.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Kim/Seo continue their fine run
The Koreans are, for our money, the men’s doubles pair of the year. What a deadly duo, espeically the magnificent Seo Seungjae. They are in the final.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Koreans nearing another final
Kim & Anders have fallen behind after starting of game 2 well. This could be over very soon.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Need to be clever
“To beat these guys, we need to be good in defence, it can’t be always all-attack. We have been working on it with Boe for a while now. We are used to it now,” Satwik had said at India Open last year. SatChi’s win yesterday however was built on all-out attack, so it will be interesting to see how they go about it today against the Asian Championships winner.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: In their two meetings last year…
Chia-Soh of course won the meeting at Paris 2024, coming from a game down, to stun the Indians.
Earlier in the year at the India Open, SatChi had won in straight games, a victory that actually took the Indians back to the top of the world rankings.
“People used to say, we never won against them after seven or eight meetings,” Satwik told reporters after the match. “I used to feel then, ‘it’s ok we might lose 10 times or 100 times also but at least one time we will win.’ Once we crossed that border for the first time, then I knew there wouldn’t be any fear for us, we can beat them anytime. It took us a while to cross that line. When it matters really, it has happened. Indonesia, Asian Games, and today.”
(Of course, they would have traded any of those three wins for one at the Paris Games)
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: The history with ChiaSoh
Satwik-Chirag, who have now slid down to world No 27 after having to miss tournaments due to injury concerns, are the last standing Indian contenders in Singapore this week. Chia and Soh are familiar opponents for the Indians, having met them 12 times in the past and won thrice. The Malaysians were once 8-0 on the Head-to-Head but after that SatChi won three in a row, including the Asian Games semifinal and Indonesia Open final famously. But in their last meeting, Chia-Soh broke Indian hearts at the quarterfinals in the Olympics.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Quarterfinal recap
Chirag kept poking at his sides, but seemed to attack with no impediment. “Everyday is getting better. We didn’t really know how and if we will be able to play at Singapore,” he said of the tough times away from the sport, tending to his injury. “Because frankly speaking we just trained for 10 days in a span of two months. I had a lot of doubts whether I’ll be able to play because with my back condition I didn’t know how it will go. It’s amazing that we could play and looking forward to tomorrow,” he said. Wanting to make a point, and knowing their combined attack suffices, is something the coaches have been doing for a while.
Coach Tan had manifested this attacking mode a decade ago. Now he has to help them realise that potential against their nemeses, Aaron-Soh. Satwik pointed to his coaches after the win, and Chirag pumped his fist and both coaches were quite animated, and the reasons weren’t simply bettering their Round 2 Singapore record. But these are title contending elites of badminton. It’s the Sunday they need to get to, and there’s some colourful Telugu, Hindi and English words that amount to the ‘Hulk, Smash’ orders.
(From Shivani Naik’s quarterfinal report)
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates : Crazy start
A typically mad-cap men’s doubles semifinals so far. After a storming start for Koreans, Kim and Anders have clawed their way back to trail just by a point at the interval. And incredibly, just 8 mins have been spent on court so far.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates : Some start for the Koreans!
In the first of the men’s doubles semifinals arguably the pair of the year so far in Kim and Seo, are off to a rousing start against the top seeds from Denmark.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates : Singapore joy
Singapore had not been a happy hunting ground for SatChi before this edition.
Chirag Shetty told BWF: “Every win is history for us because it’s Singapore. We didn’t know if we’d even play here. We trained for about 10 days in two months. I wasn’t sure my back would hold up. Honestly, it’s amazing we are playing the way we are. We’ve been wanting to get back on court for the longest time and that’s probably the main reason we’ve been able to play the way we have.”
Satwik added: “We were well prepared. We are focusing more on our strategy than the opponents’. We want to play our A game and see what they come up with. We are no longer thinking too much about the opponents.”
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates : Men’s singles has also gone the distance
Nearly an hour into this match and we are heading close to the finish. Lu Guang Zu is on the verge of a win.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates : QUARTERFINAL RECAP
It really is tough to pick one Indian, but when both forget about the tune-up jab and go for a smash-smash routine, very few defenses can hold. Chirag is recovering from back problems, but not in terrible discomfort when jumping high, so there was a flurry of full-blooded smashes in exchanges that barely ever crossed he dozen-shot mark. The snappy rallies stayed snapped shut, as the Malaysians couldn’t help offering altitude and paying for the desperate lifts each time. They were no way in control of the flat game either. Izuddin had a few eye-popping retorts, not least a backhand whip return to a serve, and some of the Malaysian drops and even net tumbles tested Chirag on the front court. But nothing bothered the Indians enough to even unsheath the panic button from its plastic cover. They remained aggressive, unrelenting and fearless of being pursued by Goh-Izuddin. Satwik, later, spellt out the no-nuance-needed approach as the second set was even more clinical.
“We have played against them before many times. And after they came back from the break. They been playing well. We played them at India Open. And (it was) close in the first game but we couldn’t capitalise. But here we are well prepared and focusing on our strategy than opponents’ strategy,” Satwik told BWF, stressing on not getting drawn into another’s maze.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates : QUARTERFINAL RECAP
“….and, Hulk. Smash.”
Pithy words. Clear instructions. It is not known if Malaysian Tan Kim Her or Pullela Gopichand have ever watched a Marvel movie. But in the aftermath of the Olympics disappointment and with change in coaching personnel, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were finally told to stop tiptoeing about by their coaching chair, in training and on the court.
While Mathias Boe did extremely well to bring in the European defensive sturdiness to their game and equip Satwik-Chirag with a Plan B should the first three strokes of a rally not assert their dominance, coach Tan and Gopichand were pretty clear that the duo needed to live up to their reputation as attacking giants. Tan brought them together circa 2015-16 seeing the very potential of the two-barrelled cannon. And Gopichand insisted that a full-fledged, no-punches-pulled attack would be the duo’s defining canon. 2025 started roughly with an India Open semifinals defeat to Malaysians Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izuddin, who have gone on to become World No 1. At the halfway stage, even if their rank reads No 27, Satwik-Chirag banished the Malaysians in under 40 minutes on Friday with a destructive 21-17, 21-15 win at the Singapore Open.
Read report.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates : The Neeraj Chopra equivalent of 90m for Indian badminton
Singapore Open Super 750: In gutsy loss to World No. 2, lessons in taming drift for young Unnati Hooda
From earlier this week: Read by Shivani Naik
PV Sindhu, in her prime, did a good job of adjusting to the court drift conditions. The sheer discipline and patience needed to master conditions by big names like Kidambi Srikanth, Saina Nehwal or HS Prannoy and Satwik-Chirag are hugely underrated. It is something the new generation, beginning to play elite events, will need to decipher. Unnati Hooda came up against World No 2 Wang Zhi Yi on Wednesday at the Singapore Open Super 750.
She was promptly schooled in how the changing winds can completely determine your destiny if you don’t know how to demystify the drift. “It was a big lesson for Unnati in how to play in big arenas because the drift helped her a lot at first, and then went against her later. Hopefully she learns with experience by playing repeatedly with the big names,” coach and father Upkar Hooda explained after the 21-13, 9-21, 15-21 loss in the 56-minute defeat to the current top Chinese.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Good win
Satwik and Chirag would have been ready for a stiff challenge in Friday’s quarterfinal contest. The Indians held a 6-2 Head-to-Head advantage against Goh and Izzuddin from the previous eight meetings but the Malaysians beat them in straight games at the India Open earlier this year. They were world No 2 then, but have climbed to the summit of the men’s doubles rankings in the latest updates on Tuesday. “We lost our last match to them (at India Open) but they’re world No.1s now. Our battles with them have always been close so this should another good one,” Chirag had told BWF. And they showed they were ready for the test, reaching a third World Tour semifinal this year after starting the season strongly in Malaysia and India. Satwik-Chirag, who have now slid down to world No 27 after having to miss tournaments due to injury concerns, are the last standing Indian contenders in Singapore this week.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Meanwhile, a new WORLD NO 1
So, Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn continues to be the flagbearer for that brilliant junior Class of 2018 that includes Li Shi Feng, Kodai Naraoka & Lakshya Sen.
Olympic Games silver
World Championships gold & silver
Asian Championships gold
And now, world No 1 when the rankings are updated next week.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Recap
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty produced a solid display to beat second seeds and new world No 1 men’s doubles pairing of Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin from Malaysia in straight games at the Singapore Open Super 750 on Friday. It was a commendable performance by the Indian duo, making a comeback after battling fitness issues for the past few weeks, as they outplayed the Malaysians 21-17, 21-15 in just 39 minutes. They entered the last eight with a come-from-behind win in their second round match on Thursday. Satwik and Chirag rallied to beat seventh-seeded Indonesian pair of Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani 19-21 21-16 21-19 in a gruelling contest that lasted one hour and 14 minutes.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Two more matches to go for Satwik-Chirag
With plenty of marathon matches already today, the start of SatChi’s match has been well pushed back. There is the 2nd men’s singles semifinal and the first men’s doubles semifinal to go before we get to SatChi vs ChiaSoh
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy after Paris Olympics loss to Aaron-Wooi Yik
As far as life-changing years ago, 2024 will be right up there for me.
We dedicate our lives to doing well at the Olympics, but it’s life after that is very hectic. Mentally, it will take a lot of time to digest things. This one, the quarterfinal defeat at the Paris Olympics, is very personal.
The Olympics were the main goal this year. The build-up was good. We started the year by reaching two finals, in Malaysia and India; then we won the French Open. It was all going good until suddenly, out of nowhere I had a back injury, from nowhere I had an elbow tear…
Now, I usually play with a lot of pain. So, I thought, ‘It’s okay, this is normal’. Even in Paris, it was pretty cool. I had my main pillars there. My brother was there to support me. When he is around, I feel very comfortable. I have someone to talk to, someone who can deal with things, tell me how to manage when things are not going well… He had booked an apartment very close to the stadium so after matches, I used to go there, he’d cook a meal and we’d just sit down, have a good lunch, and a good laugh….
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: India may be struggling in badminton singles, but there’s strength and depth in doubles at last
The criticism that India concentrated all its efforts on badminton singles players had some merit 15 years ago. But there was no option. For the sport to take off like it did and the trickle-down to even begin, Saina Nehwal needed to succeed at the top level. So, all attention was geared towards the singles flock courting success.
The cribbing over doubles being ignored was justified – no country can even begin to whisper ‘powerhouse’ if three out of five categories remain unattended, and team events like Thomas & Uber Cup and Sudirman and Asian Mixed team events draw blanks. But pathways and executing plans in propping up doubles never really happened. Perhaps it is from these bombardings of constant criticisms from 2006-2014 that Pullela Gopichand’s brain crystallised the resolve to make doubles work.
The talk was then walked…. READ MORE FROM SHIVANI NAIK’S COLUMN
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: World Rankings
Satwik-Chirag: World No. 27
Aaron-Wooi Yik: World No. 3
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Head-to-head
Satwik-Chirag have a very skewed head-to-head record against Aaron-Wooi Yik. The Malaysian pair has beaten the Indian duo 9 out of the 12 matches they have faced.
Satwik-Chirag Singapore Open semifinal live updates: Welcome!
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the Singapore Open Super 750, where the Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will lock horns with the World No. 3 duo of Malaysia’s Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the semifinal. Satwik-Chirag are the last Indian challenge left in the event. Stay tuned as we provide you with all the live updates of the enticing clash.
Plan A-ttack: How Satwik-Chirag dismantled world No 1 Goh-Izzuddin to enter Singapore Open semifinals
“….and, Hulk. Smash.”
Pithy words. Clear instructions. It is not known if Malaysian Tan Kim Her or Pullela Gopichand have ever watched a Marvel movie. But in the aftermath of the Olympics disappointment and with change in coaching personnel, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were finally told to stop tiptoeing about by their coaching chair, in training and on the court.
While Mathias Boe did extremely well to bring in the European defensive sturdiness to their game and equip Satwik-Chirag with a Plan B should the first three strokes of a rally not assert their dominance, coach Tan and Gopichand were pretty clear that the duo needed to live up to their reputation as attacking giants.
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