Satwik-Chirag's Title Hopes Dashed in BWF World Tour Finals Semifinal Defeat

• Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost in the BWF World Tour Finals semifinals.
• They were defeated by China's Liang Wei Kang and Wang Chang in a three-game thriller (21-10, 17-21, 13-21).
• The loss ended their 19-month title drought and their bid to be the first Indian men's pair in the final.
• Despite the defeat, they made history as the first Indian men's pair to reach the event's semifinals.
• Satwik-Chirag had gone unbeaten in the group stage, even defeating the same Chinese pair earlier.

Why It Matters: Satwik-Chirag's historic BWF World Tour Finals run ends in semifinal defeat to Chinese pair.