India’s most prolific badminton pair, Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, fondly known as “SatChi,” bagged a bronze medal in men’s doubles in the recently concluded BWF World Championships. The duo defeated Malaysia’s Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the quarterfinals.
However, a loss in the semifinal meant they had to settle for their second bronze medal at the World Championships.
Now, while speaking to RevSportz, Chirag opened up on the impact of their coach, Tan Kim Her, and expressed his joy at working with him again.
“Coach’s return has been really good. He’s had a great influence on me and Satwik, he was the one who paired me and Satwik originally, back when we were raw. He shaped us into world-class players before he left. Now when he’s come back… we’ve already been world number ones, so the approach from him has completely changed,” Chirag said.
“It’s more about discussions, what works, what doesn’t. He’ll ask us ‘what do you think is working and what isn’t’ and give us feedback. He decides the programmes, which wasn’t the case before because we were really young, and now it’s the minor details that we need to fix. It’s been great working with him again,” he added.
This is Tan Kim Her’s second stint as India’s doubles coach. He previously held the role from 2015 to 2019, during which he originally paired Satwik and Chirag, and the duo enjoyed early success.
After SatChi’s poor outing in the Paris Olympics 2024 under the Danish coach Mathias Boe, the pair requested his return. Tan Kim Her rejoined as doubles coach in December 2024.
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