Feigning a sulk, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy had extracted a promise out of their coach, Malaysian Tan Kim Her, before he and Chirag Shetty won the World Championship bronze. He had demanded to know when the 53-year-old would pen a social media post for the Indian duo. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO

“I asked him why he doesn’t post about us, like he used to about the Japanese pair (Hoki-Kobayashi) he trained before us. Once on the podium, I told him ‘Keep a caption ready now,’” he recalls. Like Arnie’s Terminator, Satwik-Chirag were back.

It’s been a good month for Satwik-Chirag, when they have literally learnt to smile and joke once more. For coach Tan, it’s a release of pressure, with a Worlds medal and two World Tour finals in Hong Kong and China. For the duo, it’s the Sunday Finals routi

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