Shock for India at the Denmark Open..

India endured a disappointing day at the Denmark Open as the men’s doubles combination of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, along with singles players Ayush Shetty and Unnati Hooda, suffered defeats on Wednesday. In the men’s doubles round of 32, Satwik and Chirag won the opening game 21-12 but lost the next two games 15-21, 19-21 to China’s Ji Ting and Ren Yu.

In the singles events, Ayush Shetty lost to Farhan 11-21, 21-13, 1-21, while Unnati Hooda went down 21-23, 21-16, 16-21 to China’s Han Qian. However, Ashmita Chaliha provided a positive result for India by defeating Bulgaria’s Nalbantova 21-18, 22-20. With the straight-games win, Ashmita progressed to the pre-quarterfinals.