India’s men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty entered the final of the Thailand Open badminton tournament with a straight-game victory over Lu Ming-Che and Tang Kai-Wei of Chinese Taipei here on Saturday.

The Asian Games champions needed just 35 minutes to beat their opponents 21-11, 21-12 in the semi-finals of the Super 500 tournament at the Nimibutr Stadium.

Satwik and Chirag have fond memories in Thailand where they had won their maiden Super 500 crown in 2019.

“It has already been a good tournament for us. We wanted to play more tournaments to get the rhythm back. We always love playing in Thailand, there is a special bond here. We won our first medal, we won Thomas Cup here, and now one more final here. It’s really amazing,” Satwik said.

“We wanted to go deep into the tournament and we have been winning consistently so one more day to go now, so we will give our best performance tomorrow,” Chirag said.

In the final on Sunday, the world No.3 Indian duo, the top seeds in this tournament, will be up against the Chinese pair of Chen Bo Yang and Liu Yi, who defeated Kim Gi Jung and Kim Sa Rang of South Korea 21-19 21-18 in the other semi-final on Saturday.

Satwik said: “There will be a lot of expectations. They’re hoping for a big thing but we’re not thinking so much... We don’t want to think about past experiences, it is one match at a time for us.

“Deep inside we wanted to do well, we are sure we will do better than the last time.”