Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the second round of the Australian Open Super 500 in Sydney with a straight-game win over Chang Ko-chi and Po Li-Wei. Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand exited early, losing to Indonesian opponents

Sydney: Indian men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty moved to the second round of the Australian Open, a BWF World Tour Super 500 event, at Sydney Olympic Park on Tuesday.

The Indian duo outclassed Chinese Taipei’s Chang Ko-chi and Po Li-Wei 25-23, 21-16 in 48 minutes to set up a round of 16 clash with Su Ching Heng and Wu Guan Xun, another pair from Chinese Taipei.

World No 3 pair Rankireddy and Shetty, coming off consecutive finals at the Hong Kong Super 500 and China Masters Super 750, recovered from an early 2-6

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