Overview

• Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat Taiwan’s Chiu Hsiang Chieh and Wang Chi-Lin 21-13, 18-21, 21-10 to reach the round of 16.
• A report noted Shetty was struck on the hand by Rankireddy’s racquet during the match, continued after a brief pause, and will have his condition monitored.
• The Indian pair, seeded eighth and ranked world No. 8, await the winners of Kenya Mitsuhashi/Hiroki Okamura vs Peeratchai Sukphun/Pakkapon Teeraratsakul.
• Kiran George earned a main-draw spot with straight-game qualifying wins over Cheam June Wei and S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian and next faces Jia Heng Jason Teh.
• Qualifier Tharun Mannepalli upset former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth 28-26, 21-13 before falling to Malaysia’s Justin Hoh in three games.