Basel, March 13 Top-seeded Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty withdrew from the Swiss Open here on Friday ahead of their quarterfinal clash after a shoulder issue troubled the former.
Rankireddy and Shetty were scheduled to clash with Denmark's Christian Faust Kjaer and Rasmus Kjaer in the last-eight pairs stage of the Super 300 badminton tournament.
The 25-year-old from Amalapuram, known for one of the fastest smashes in world badminton, has often struggled with his right shoulder.
In 2023, Rankireddy set a Guinness World Record for the fastest smash in badminton, clocking 565 km/h.
"It is an old injury, hopefully he can recover fast. This will take at least a week," Malaysian coach Tan Kim Her told