2021 Indonesia Masters has finally begun, as the First Round Matches, were being held and one of the Men’s Doubles encounters was played between India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty and Malaysia’s Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi on Tuesday, 16th November 2021.
The ongoing Indonesia Masters is a Super 750 Level Tournament held at the Bali International Convention Centre located at Badung Regency, Bali, Indonesia. It is being contested from 16th to 21st November.
Meanwhile, the tournament got upgraded from a Super 500 into a Super 750 this year.
2021 Indonesia Masters First Round: Satwiksairaj/Chirag registered a loss against the Malaysian pair, thus are out of the tournament
Meanwhile, this Men’s Doubles 1st Round match was played at Court 2. However, the Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty is World No. 11 whereas their opponents Malaysia’s Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi are Ranked 14th in the world.
In the Head-to-Head Record, Satwiksairaj/Chirag had a lead of 2 – 1. They last met in Swiss Open 2021 where the Indian duo won.
At the 2021 Indonesia Masters, Satwiksairaj/Chirag are the 6th seeds, while Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi are unseeded. In the First Round match, the Malaysian duo won the 1st Game by 21-17. It was neck-to-neck before the mid-game interval but Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi then led by 11-9. However, they continued that momentum and were leading by 5 points at some point.
Meanwhile, in the 2nd Game – the Indian pair of Satwiksairaj & Chirag were leading in the start. But Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi won crucial points & was 11-7. Then they maintained the big lead and won the game by 21-15. Hence, clinched the match. With that, have levelled the Head-to-Head Record to 2-2 against this Indian pair.
As a result, Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi won against Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty in two straight games 21-17, 21-15 in about forty minutes. Thus, Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi have advanced to the next round.
