Soka (Japan): Star India shuttler Satwiksairaj Rankireddy has set a world record for the fastest hit by a male player in badminton, recording a mindboggling 565 km/h with his smash.

Satwik, who along with doubles partner Chirag Shetty won the Indonesia Open Super 1000 recently, thus broke a decade-long record set in May, 2013 by Malaysian Tan Boon Heong, who had produced a speed of 493 km/h (306.34 mph) with his smash.

“Yonex is proud to announce that Yonex badminton athletes, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND) and Tan Pearly (MAS), have set new Guinness world records for the fastest male and female badminton hits,” the Japanese sports equipment manufacturing company said in a release.

In Round II

The duo, meanwhile, stormed into the second round of the Korea Open Super 500 tournament in Yeosu on Tuesday with a straight-game win over Thailand’s Supak Jomkoh and Kittinupong Kedren.

The world No. 3 pair beat Jomkoh and Kedren 21-16, 21-14 in the round of 32 to set up a clash with China’s He Ji Ting and Zhou Hao Dong.

World No. 27 MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila, however, couldn’t complete the match after the former suffered from a back issue and retired midway in the opening game while lagging 5-6 against eighth-seeded Chinese Liu Yu Chen and Ou Xuan Yi in their opening round.

India’s Harshit Aggarwal also couldn’t reach the main draw after losing to Korea’s Choi Pyeong Gang 15-21, 21-10, 10-21 in his second qualification match. He had beaten Tan Jia Jie of Malaysia in his opening match.

Another Indian, Shashwat Dalal also went down in his first round, losing 14-21, 17-21 to Jeong Min Seon of Korea, while Meiraba Maisnam withdrew from the qualifiers.

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