French Open 2021 LIVE, Day 2: PV Sindhu in action - Updates, Results, Scores, Blog

A clash of a former World No. 1 against the reigning World No. 1!

Kidambi Srikanth has an uphill task on his hands as he will meet the Japanese World No. 1 Kento Momota in his first round clash now.

Kento Momota is arriving at the French Open 2021 after an exhaustive run at the Denmark Open 2021 where he finished as the runner-up. Can Kidambi take advantage of the skilled shuttler and get the better of him?

India WINS!

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa advance to the next round with a comfortable 21-19, 21-15 win in 37 minutes. This was way too easy for them.

5 MATCH POINTS

Satwik-Ashwini have run away with this. 20-15 lead and 5 match points. Calm and composed.

Comfortable for India

The Danish pair has managed to reduce the deficit, but Ashwini and Satwik seem comfortable with a two-point lead at 13-15.

11-7

The Indians have once again pressed on the accelerator and the Danish pair is once again taken by surprise. The Indians lead 11-7 at the mid-game break. This is theirs to lose now.

Equalised!

Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy have equalised at 6-6. A very close start this to the second game.

Demark leads!

Yet again an early lead for the Danish pair. They lead 3-1 in the second game.

21-19

Mathias-Mai save one game point, but Satwik-Ashwini hit back to pocket the first game 21-19. That nine consecutive points for India at the start is the only thing that differentiated the two sides, I feel.

2 GAME POINTS

Satwik-Ashwini lead 20-18 and have 2 game points. Can they convert?

Mathias-Mai trying to hang on

The Danish pair has not got a grip over this match, but has done extremely well to not let Satwik-Ashwini run away with this. India leads 18-15.