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Sydney: Star Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty entered the men’s doubles second round with a tough straight-game win over Chinese Taipei’s Chang Ko-Chi and Po Li-Wei at the Australian Open Super 500 tournament here on Tuesday.

The world No. 3 Indian pair, who reached back-to-back finals at the Hong Kong Super 500 and China Masters Super 750, prevailed 25-23 21-16 in a fighting 48-minute opening-round clash against Ko-Chi and Po Li-Wei.

In women’s doubles, however, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand suffered a 10-21 14-21 defeat to Indonesia’s F Kusuma and M Puspitasari in their opening match.

Top seeds Satwiksairaj and Chirag fell 2-6 behind early in the opening game, with the Taiwanese pair maintaining a slender lead until 16-14. The Indians turned the

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