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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty notched a dominating straight-games win over the Indonesian duo of Muhammad Rian Ardianto and Fajar Alfian to top Group C in the men's doubles badminton competition on Tuesday.
The third-seeded Indian duo beat their opponents 21-13, 21-13 in the final Group C match in just 38 minutes.
The reigning Asian Games champion Indian pair had qualified for the quarter-finals on Monday after the withdrawal of one pair and the loss suffered by another.
Tuesday's match was meant to decide the group winner.
Later in the day, Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto lost to Australia's Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu 15-21, 10-21 in their concluding women's doubles Group C match and ended their campaign losing all their three group matches.
The Indonesian pair also qualified for the last eight after finishing second in the group.
The draw for the quarter-finals will be held on Wednesday.
Satwiksairaj and Chirag were scheduled to meet the German duo of Mark Lamsfuss and Marvin Seidel on Monday in what was supposed to to be their second Group C match. But the match was cancelled following the withdrawal of Lamsfuss due to injury.
As a result, Group C was considered as a three-pair affair, the duo of Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar of France being the third one.
The Frenchmen lost both their matches and were eliminated.
Only two teams from each of the four groups qualify for the quarters.