Satwik was back on court with his Mumbai partner Chirag to defeat Canada's Jason Anthony Ho-Shue and Nyl Yakura 21-7 21-18 in just half-an-hour.
India's men's doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy returned to action after more than a month's lay-off after winning the historic Thailand Open title by easing into second round of the China Open BWF World Tour Super 1000 tournament in Changzhou on Tuesday.
Satwik, whose shoulder injury kept him out of action after Thailand Open, won two matches on the day, first partnering Ashwini Ponnappa to post an upset win over sixth-seeded Indonesian duo of Praveen Jordan and Melati Daeva Oktavianti in three gruelling games. The Indian duo won 22-20 17-21 21-17 in the 50-minute match.
Within a couple of hours, Satwik was back on court with his Mumbai partner Chirag to defeat Canada's Jason Anthony Ho-Shue and Nyl Yakura 21-7 21-18 in just half-an-hour.
These were the two matches where the Indians were in action on the opening day of the only Super 1000 tournament.
The cream of Indian shuttlers, new women's world champion PV Sindhu and former Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal open their campaigns on Wednesday against Li Xue Rui of China and Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan, respectively.
Also, World Championships bronze medallist B Sai Praneeth and Saina's husband and 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Parupalli Kashyap also play their first-round men's singles matches on Wednesday.
Results (Indians only, Rd 1):
Men's doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/ Chirag Shetty bt Jason Anthony Ho-Shue/ Nyl Yakura (CAN) 21-7 21-18
Mixed doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/ Ashwini Ponnappa bt 6-Praveen Jordan/ Melati Daeva Oktavianti (INA) 22-20 17-21 21-17
Playing today (Indians only, Rd 1):
Men's singles: B Sai Praneeth vs Suppanyu Avihingsanon (THA), Parupalli Kashyap vs Brice Leverdez (FRA)
Men's doubles: Manu Attri/ B Sumeeth Reddy vs 2-Mohammad Ahsan/ Hendra Setiawan (INA)
Women's singles: 8-Saina Nehwal vs Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA), 5-PV Sindhu vs Li Xue Rui (CHN)
Women's doubles: Ashwini Ponnappa/ N Sikki Reddy vs Chi Ya cheng/ Chih Chen Lee (TPE)
Mixed doubles: Pranaav Jerry Chopra/ N Sikki Reddy vs Mark Lamsfuss/ Isabel Herttrich (GER)
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