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    "excerpt": "India's men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the semi-finals of the Korea Open 2023 badminton tournament after beating Japan's Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi at the Jinnam Stadium, here on Friday.\r\n",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>South Korea:<\/strong>&nbsp;India&#39;s men&#39;s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the semi-finals of the Korea Open 2023 badminton tournament after beating Japan&#39;s Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi at the Jinnam Stadium, here on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Satwik and Chirag, third seeds and world No. 3 in the badminton rankings, beat former world champions Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi 21-14, 21-17 in the quarter-finals, which lasted for 40 minutes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>It was the Indian duo&#39;s fourth win over the former world No. 1 Japanese pair in five meetings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the quarter-finals, the Indian pair quickly took control of the first game with two separate runs of five consecutive points. From 5-5, the scores went to 15-6 in favour of Chirag-Satwik.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Japanese duo bagged the next four points but the deficit proved too much to overcome as the Indians won the first game 21-14.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the second game, the two teams were at 8-8 before the Indian badminton players switched gears to win six consecutive points to take the lead at 14-9. Hoki-Kobayashi won three straight points to level the scores at 16-16. But the Indian pair edged away to seal the game 21-17.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Satwiksairaj and Chirag will play second seeds and world No. 2 duo Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang of China in the semi-finals on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Also Read: <\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/major-league-cricket-2023-schedule-teams-squads\">Major League Cricket 2023 Schedule, Teams  And Squads<\/a><\/p><p>Notably, results at the Korea Open count towards players&#39; qualifying rankings for the Paris 2024 Olympics. The qualification window for badminton started on May 1 this year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#eeeeee; border:1px solid #cccccc; padding:5px 10px\">South Korea, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Korea Open, Takuro Hoki, Yugo Kobayashi, Jinnam Stadium, The Japanese, Liang Weikeng, Wang Chang<\/div>\r\n",
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