Olympics 2024 Badminton: Satwik-Chirag, Lakshya open campaign with straight-game wins, Tanisha-Crasto lose - Highlights

Game 1: Lakshya's flat smash

Lakshya wins a good rally as he finishes it with a smash. Lakshya leads 6-1. 

Game 1: Lakshya leads 5-0

Magnificent anticipation by Lakshya, he comes close to the net and lifts the shuttle over Kevin to the base of the court. Lakshya leads 4-0, now it is 5-0. 

Game 1: Lakshya draws the first blood

Kevin's return finds the net, Lakshya leads 1-0. 

Lakshya goes 2-0 up now.

Kevin goes wide, Lakshya extends his lead to 3-0. 

Game 1: Lakshya vs Kevin

Lakshya in white shit and Kevin in deep blue start the first game. 

Lakshya makes his Olympics debut

Lakshya Sen looks to make a winning start to his maiden Olympic campaign. 

For Kevin Cordon, this is his fifth Olympics. 

Lakshya vs Kevin to start soon

World No. 18 Lakshya Sen and World No. 41 Kevin Cordon will go head-to-head in their Group L match shortly. 

Head to Head: Satwik-Chirag vs Corvee-Labar

World No. 40 Corvee and Labar and World No. 3 Satwik and Chirag are familiar opponents. 

The Indian duo last met the French pair in January in the round of 16 at the Malaysia Open Super 1000. Satwik-Chirag trounced Corvee and Labar in straight games in 39 minutes. 

Their first meeting came at the French Open Super 750 in 2023 when Satwik-Chirag met Corvee and Labar in the first round. There too, the Indian pair won in straight games in 35 minutes. 

The French pair, Corvee and Labar, qualified for the men's doubles event at the Paris Olympics after a successful intervention from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). 

CAS urged BWF to accommodate Corvee and Labar due to the point calculation errors in the BWF's Road to Paris rankings. 

Head to Head: Lakshya Sen vs Kevin Cordon

Lakshya and Kevin will meet each other for the first time since 2021. They last met at the BWF World Championships in 2021 in Spain. 

In that meeting, Lakshya handed Kevin a straight game (21-13, 21-8) in the round of 16 en route to winning a bronze medal. 

Schedule for July 27

Men's Singles: Group L - Lakshya Sen vs Kevin Cordon - Not before 7 PM IST

Men's Doubles: Group C - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty vs Lucas Corvee-Ronan Labar - Not before 8 PM IST

Women's Doubles: Group C - Tanisha Crasto vs Ashwini Ponnappa vs Kong Hee Yong and Kim So Yeong - Not before 11:10 PM IST 

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Welcome to our live blog for Paris Olympics group stage badminton matches, with four Indian shuttlers in action today. Stay tuned for updates from Porte de La Chapelle Arena.