Sat-Chi, fresh off Singapore Open win, pull out of Indonesia Open

NEW DELHI: India’s prima men’s doubles pair, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, person pulled retired of the Indonesia Open 2026 aft Satwik suffered an wounded during their opening-round lucifer successful Jakarta. The duo was forced to discontinue midway done their contention against Malaysia’s Aaron Tai and Kang Khai Xing connected Wednesday, bringing an aboriginal extremity to their campaign.The Badminton Association of India (BAI) aboriginal confirmed the withdrawal and said the brace would present absorption connected betterment earlier returning to enactment successful upcoming tournaments.

"Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty person withdrawn from the POLYTRON Indonesia Open 2026 owed to the former's injury. The brace volition present absorption connected betterment and rehabilitation arsenic they hole for the important tournaments ahead. We privation Satwik a speedy betterment and look guardant to seeing the duo backmost connected tribunal soon," reads the BAI statement.The withdrawal comes astatine an unfortunate clip for the Indian pair, who had entered the tourney riding a question of confidence. Just past week, Satwik and Chirag ended a two-year hold for a BWF World Tour rubric by winning the Singapore Open men's doubles crown.The duo produced a memorable comeback successful the Singapore Open last against Indonesia’s Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Fikri. After losing the archetypal game, they fought backmost powerfully to triumph 18-21, 21-17, 21-16 and became the archetypal Indian doubles brace to assistance the Singapore Open title.

With Satwik and Chirag out, India’s situation astatine the Indonesia Open present rests connected singles players Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, Ayush Shetty and Kidambi Srikanth. In doubles, MR Arjun and Hariharan Amsakarunan stay the lone Indian men’s brace successful the draw.India volition besides beryllium represented successful women’s singles by PV Sindhu, Unnati Hooda and Malvika Bansod, portion Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand proceed successful women’s doubles. The mixed doubles situation volition beryllium led by Rohan Kapoor/Ruthvika Shivani Gadde and Dhruv Kapila/Tanisha Crasto.