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China Masters 2025: India's star men's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty finished as the runner-up during a BWF World tour event for the second consecutive time, as they had lost to the world no.1 pair of Kim Won-ho and Seo Seung-jae during the China Masters Super 750 summit clash on Sunday. Korea's Kim and Seo, who are also the defending world champions, had beaten the eighth-seeded Indian pair by 21-19, 21-15 in a match that went on for 45 minutes.

The Indian pair had also lost last week in the Hong Kong Open summit clash. The duo, who are two-time World Championship bronze medallist, are trying to win their first title after winning the Thailand Open last year.

During the first game, the Indians were at their absolute best as they had won eight straight points and were leading by 14-7. But the Korean's left-right combination made a brilliant comeback and scored six straight points and were able to reduce the deficit. Since the momentum had shifted on their side, they did win the first game.

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The second game became a close-fought affair as the Koreans had a huge lead till the mid-game interval. The scores were leveled at 11-11 and after that Kim and Seo scored four consecutive and thus stopped the Indians from winning the trophy.

An Se Young, who is also the Olympic champion, had won the women's singles title for the second consecutive as she defeated Han Yue by 21-11, 21-3 in a match which went for about 33 minutes.

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As far as the men's singles summit clash is concerned, WeNG Hongyang had beaten Lin Chun-yi by 21-11, 21-15.