Not fearless, but with post-fear blazing strength that comes with emerging from a furnace. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty played one of their most commanding matches in a long time, defeating World champions and top seeds Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho of Korea, to reach successive finals in the month of May, at Singapore Open Super 750. This was Satwik-Chirag’s first win over the dreaded Koreans with their superior skills. Seo-Kim were on a 35-match win streak, having lost last autumn, seven tournaments ago. For the tall Indians, constantly facing headwinds of the flat game and service return troubles, this 21-19, 21-18 victory was a massive release of pressure, as they not only out-skilled Seo Seung-jae, a contemporary doubles great, but also came back from trailing positions in both sets. Singapore has never had an Indian doubles finalist, but the packed house were left in hoots and whistles as the Indians took out the favourites with a gleaming attack, backed by the drifty conditions.…