French Open 2026: Asmita Chaliha, Tanvi Sharma reach round of 16

Asmita Chaliha and Tanvi Sharma won their respective women’s singles matches, but the women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand failed to advance beyond the opening round of the French Open badminton tournament in Paris on Tuesday.

The men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also crashed out in the opening round, losing to the French pair of Christo Popov and Toma Junior Popov 19-21, 21-18, 13-21 in just over an hour.

Chaliha defeated China’s Hang Qian Xi 21-18, 24-22 in only 39 minutes to advance to the next round, whereas Tanvi needed only 32 minutes to brush aside the challenge from compatriot Isharani Baruah.

Tanvi defeated Isharani 21-12, 21-12 to move to the round of 16.

However, the India pair of Treesa and Gayatri crashed out in the round of 32 with a 17-21, 18-21 defeat against the Chinese Taipei pair of Lin Chih-Chun and Yang Chu Yun.

On Wednesday, PV Sindhu, Devika Sihag and Unnati Hooda will begin their women's singles campaign. Lakshya Sen will be action in men's singles. Ayush Shetty and Kidambi Srikanth will face each other in the opening round. Panda sisters in women's doubles complete Indian line up.

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