India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stunned top seed Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto in straight games to sail into the men's doubles semifinals of the Indonesia Open World Tour Super 1000 event in Jakarta on Friday. (More Badminton News)
The seventh seeded duo of Satwik and Chirag then displayed a flawless game to outwit Indonesia's Alfian and Adrianto 21-13 21-13 in 41 minutes.
Satwik and Chirag will play the winner of the quarterfinal between Koreans Min Hyuk Kang and Seung Jae Seo and Indonesia's Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin.
Earlier, however, the first Indian to take the court, Srikanth lost 14-21 21-14 12-21 in one hour and nine minutes against world No. 10 Feng.
It was world No. 22 Srikanth, who opened up an early 2-0 lead before Feng bounced back with five straight points, with the Indian guilty of committing too many unforced errors.
Barring a few glimpses of his old self, Srikanth looked completely off colour as Feng continued to increase his lead, executing drop shots with precision and body smashes to easily pocket the first game.
But Srikanth failed to continue in the same vein in the decider as Feng raced to a five- point lead at the mid-game interval, when the Chinese received medical attention on his heavily strapped left foot.
The injury hardly had any effect on the Chinese shuttler's game as Srikanth failed to close in the gap in the third game.
