Paris: India's world No. 1 pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the men's doubles final of the French Open Super 750 tournament after beating South Korea's world champions Seo Seung Jae and Kang Min Hyuk in straight games here on Saturday. They won 21-13, 21-16.
This is the duo's third consecutive final of the year and the third time in this tournament.
However, Lakshya Sen's campaign ended after he lost to reigning world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in the men's singles semifinal. Kunlavut won 20-22, 21-13, 21-11 in an hour and 18 minutes.
In a face-off between the two best pairs in the world, Satwik and Chirag dominated most of the match to get one back, after losing against the same pair in the India Open final earlier this year.
After winning the first game comfortably, Satwik and Chirag gained the upper hand in the second game as well.
Kang Min Hyuk and Seo Seung Jae tried to put up a fight after the mid-game interval, but a substantial early lead helped the Indians pocket the match in 40 minutes.
The Indians will take on Chinese Taipei's Lee Jhe-Huei and Yang Po-Hsuan in the final on Sunday, who defeated Japan's Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi in the semifinal.
