Chirag Shetty, along with partner Sawiksairaj Rankireddy, has taken Indian doubles badminton to unprecedented heights.
Born on July 4, 1997, in Malad, Mumbai, Chirag Shetty started playing badminton at the age of seven and soon joined Uday Pawar Badminton Academy at the Goregaon Sports Club. He shifted to the famed Pullela Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad later, where Satwik also trained.
Though Chirag tasted some success with MR Arjun in the junior international circuit, it was after joining forces with Satwik that his career ascended to new heights.
It was back in 2016 when the Republic of Korea’s Kim Tan Her, the then doubles coach of Indian badminton, opted to pair up Chirag Shetty with the Andhra-born Satwiksairaj Rankireddy.
It was a curious combination considering neither understood the other’s language and both were similar aggressive-mined power-oriented players who were more adept at the back court.
A series of disappointing results followed and the two tried to make it work on the court. Things, however, finally started to click for the duo in 2017 as Satwik-Chirag managed to make the quarter-finals of the Korea Open and French Open.
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