- India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on August 4, 2019 became the first Indian pair to win a BWF Super 500 badminton tournament.
- They beat World champions Li Jun Hui and Liu Yu Chen of China in the summit clash of Thailand Open 21-19, 18-21, 21-18 in Bangkok to win the men’s doubles category.
- The third-seeded Chinese pair settled for the second position after battling hard for an hour and two minutes as the Commonwealth Games silver medallists Rankireddy-Shetty claimed their maiden title.