BWF World Championships 2022 Live Updates: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Japan’s Japan’s Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi to enter the semi-final of men’s doubles at the BWF World Championships 2022 on Friday. The Indian pair won the first game 24-22, before losing 15-21 and then winning 21-14. Earlier, the Indian pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila lost its quarterfinal match to Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan on Friday. The Indian duo lost to the Indonesian pair 8-21, 14-21. Later on the day, HS Prannoy will be in action in the men’s singles quarter-final at the BWF World Championships 2022. He had defeated rising Indian star Lakshya Sen in the round of 16. Earlier, Saina Nehwal bowed out post her loss in a hard-fought women’s singles pre-quarterfinal match.

Here are the Live Updates of BWF World Championships 2022 straight from Tokyo:

09:48 AM IST: Satwiksairaj-Chirag pair enters semi-final

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty pair has defeated Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan in the deciding game to enter the semi-final of men’s doubles at BWF World Championships 2022.

09:40 AM IST: Satwiksairaj-Chirag pair in lead

The Indian pair is currently leading 17-11 in the deciding game.

09:26 AM IST: Match goes into decider

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have lost the second game 15-21. As a result, their ongoing quarter-final match against Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan goes into deciding game.

09:10 AM IST: Another tight game underway
The scores are 9-9 with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty earning the latest point.

09:01 AM IST: Satwiksairaj-Chirag pair wins 1st game

The nail-biting contest ended in favour of the Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty as they clinced it 24-22 against Japan’s Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi.

08:56 AM IST: Scores 21 all

While the Japanese duo of Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi gained a point to reach the score of 21, the Indian pair bounced back to level scores.

08:54 AM IST: Match getting interesting

The first game is going down to the wire. It’s 20 all at the moment with the Indian pair earning the latest point.

08:50 AM IST: Satwiksairaj-Chirag pair in action

The Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty is playing its men’s doubles quarter-final match at the BWF World Championships 2022 against Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan.

08:25 AM IST: Arjun MR-Dhruv Kapila pair loses

The Indian pair of Arjun MR and Dhruv Kapila has lost its quarter-final match to Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan 8-21, 14-21.

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