Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty bow out with bronze after tense semifinal loss at World Championships

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered a heartbreaking defeat in the semifinal of the BWF World Championships against China's Chen Bo Yang and Liu Yi and settled for a bronze medal. The Indian ace pair put up a solid fight in the big semifinal, which lasted about an hour and seven minutes, but Chen and Liu were too good on the day to book their places in the final of the men's doubles.

In the first two games, Satwik and Chirag put up a solid show as they remained a closely knitted affair and bounced back to win the second one 19-21, 21-18, but the Chinese pair went all guns blazing in the decider and claimed it 21-12.

India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (L) and Chirag Shetty lost the semifinal battle in World Championships.(AFP)