The World No. 12 duo delivered another composed performance, edging past Indonesia\u2019s Leo Rolly Carnando and Bagas Maulana 21-19, 21-19 in straight games, underlining their strong title aspirations.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The win in the men's doubles kept India's campaign alive in the BWF World Series Super 1000 event after HS Prannoy exited with a defeat to World No. 6 Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei after a hard-fought encounter in men\u2019s singles.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the post-match interaction, Satwik and Chirag felt they could have restricted their opponents a bit in the second game. Chirag said the first game was quite close before they could take control by winning the last 3-4 points.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"First game, yeah, it was quite topsy-turvy. Like a lot of back and forth where we didn't really have a sizable lead, and neither did they. Maybe at some point we were leading by 2 points, or they were leading by 2 points. Eventually, at I think, 16 something, we finally had that breakthrough where we got 3-4 points in a row and eventually closed out that first game,\" said Chirag.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He felt that they could have started the second game in a calmer manner and closed it out earlier.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"But I think we should have started the second game a little more safely. I mean, it should have been a little more calmer. I think we could have like restricted them quite a bit, but I think they played some quite good badminton as well, good service receiving. But yeah, happy that we could finally get that one,\" Chirag added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Satwik felt that both sides were quite similar, but admitted they became a bit passive in the second game, which made it a closer affair.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"But I think we should have started the second game a little more safely. I mean, it should have been a little more calmer. I think we could have like restricted them quite a bit, but I think they played some quite good badminton as well, good service receiving. But yeah, happy that we could finally get that one,\" Chirag added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"Actually, we stuck together even when we were down in the second game. Also, when we were down, it was just a matter of 12 points. I think 12 good services -- that's all you need, 12 good services. So, really happy that we won the match,\" said Satwik.<\/p>\r\n\r\n