The pair of Satwik and Chirag produced a stellar performance this year, winning two World Tour titles in the form of the Indian Open Super 500 and the French Open Super 750. Since then they have not dropped out of the top 10 rankings.
Satwik-Chirag, who won the French Open 2022 last week, defeated the Chinese Taipei pair 19-21, 21-19 and 21-16 in a 61-minute match to reach the pre-quarterfinals.
World Championships 2021 silver medalist Kidambi Srikanth defeated world No. 14 Ng Ka Long Angus of Hong Kong by 17-21, 21-14, 21-12 on the opening day of the Denmark Open 2022.
Srikanth, who defeated world No. 5 Malaysian Lee Zii Jia on Wednesday, could not continue his good run and went down to the local player and world No. 17 Kanta Tsuneyama.
Although, the second day of the Japan Open 2022 has started with a big upset for India. Young star player Lakshya Sen crashed out of the tournament after losing in the second round itself.