India’s superstar men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Mumbai lad Chirag Shetty battled through a gruelling three-game contest against Denmark’s Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen to storm into the semi-finals of the China Masters here on Friday.

The Indian duo won 21-13, 16-21, 21-18. Kidambi Srikanth lost his men’s singles last-eight clash 16-21, 16-21 to Hong Kong’s Lee Cheuk Yiu.