Archive · 19 Aug 2026
Satwik-Chirag Advance After Walkover at Badminton World Championships
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are an Indian badminton team.
They are playing at the Badminton World Championships.
They were expected to play Alexander Dunn and Adam Pringle from Scotland.
But Dunn hurt his back during another match.
He and his partner had to stop playing.
Because of this, Dunn and Pringle could not play Satwik-Chirag.
The Indian pair therefore moved into the second round without playing.
They are considered one of India’s best chances to win a medal after returning from a long injury layoff.
Fifth-seeded Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the second round of the Badminton World Championships.
The Indian men’s doubles pair had already received a first-round bye.
They were scheduled to face Scotland’s Alexander Dunn and Adam Pringle.
Dunn experienced a back issue while playing a mixed-doubles match and retired during the first game.
The mixed-doubles match ended with Dunn and Julie Macpherson trailing 8-18 against Thailand’s Pakkapon Teeraratsakul and Sapsiree Taerattanachai.
- Who
- India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, and Scotland’s Alexander Dunn and Adam Pringle.
- What
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the second round after receiving a walkover.
- Where
- The Badminton World Championships; the venue is not specified.
- Why
- Alexander Dunn had a back issue during a mixed-doubles match and retired, preventing his scheduled men’s doubles match.
- Event
- Badminton World Championships
- Discipline
- Men’s doubles
- Indian pair
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty
- Seeding
- Fifth seeds
- Initial progression
- Received a first-round bye
- Scheduled opponents
- Alexander Dunn and Adam Pringle of Scotland
- Retirement score
- Dunn and Julie Macpherson retired while trailing 8-18