India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy broke a decade-old Guinness world record for the fastest shot ever in badminton.
India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy broke a decade-old Guinness world record for the fastest shot ever in badminton. Satwik’s smash was faster than the top speed of 372.6 km/h achieved by a Formula 1 car. Satwik, who along with his partner Chirag Shetty won the Indonesia Open Super 1000 recently. Malaysia’s Tan Pearly set the Guinness world record for the fastest female badminton hits with a remarkable speed of 438 km/h.
It was a very proud moment for the racquet company Yonex which endorses both Satwik and Tan. The Japanese sports equipment manufacturing company said in a release “Yonex is proud to announce that Yonex badminton athletes, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Tan Pearly, have set new Guinness world records title for the fastest male and female badminton hits.”
Indian shuttler Satwiksairaj Rankireddy managed to feature in the Guinness World Record. The Indian shuttler hit the fastest smash in the ongoing Korea Open 2023 on Tuesday. He broke a decade-long record which was set in May 2013. That record was set by the Malaysian Tan Boon Heong. The Malaysian had produced a speed of 493 km/h with his smash. Satwiksairaj broke the record by surpassing his speed by 72 km/h. The final record stood at 565 km/h.
The third-seeded Indian men’s doubles team of Satwiksairaj and Chirag Shetty defeated Supak Jomkoh & Kittinupong Kedren of Thailand. The duo will now play in the round of 16. Although they were behind in the second game, they came through to win the match in straight games. Only Satwik and Chirag from India managed to win on the opening day of the competition. Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun, the other men’s doubles team, had to leave their match earlier due to an injury. However, Shashwat Dalal and Harshit Aggarwal did not advance. HS Prannoy and Priyanshu Rajawat also advanced from the round of 32.
However, the major upset of the tournament will be Kidambi Srikanth. The former world no. 1 missed out on a ticket to Kento Momota. Srikanth took the game to the three sets and fought it out till the end. However, he had to bow down to the Japanese challenge. From women’s singles, none of the female shuttlers could cross the round of 32. Nevertheless, this dismal performance was substituted by the result of the mixed doubles. Both the pair of Sikki Reddy and Rohan Kapoor & of B.S. Reddy and Ashwini Ponappa have passed the round of 32.
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