Badminton
Badminton World Tour Finals 2021 LIVE, Day 1- Satwik-Chirag loses, Lakshya Sen handed win - Scores, Updates, Results, Live blog
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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are the top men's doubles player from India. (Source: BAI)
Welcome to the Day 1 live blog of The Bridge from the BWF HSBC Badminton World Tour Finals 2021!
Indian badminton is on a good roll and the Badminton World Tour Finals 2021 has seen India qualifying its largest-ever contingent with 7 shuttlers making the cut for the season-ending tournament. It's an exciting day of badminton ahead with PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen, and the women's doubles duo of Ashwini Ponnappa-N Sikki Reddy and the dynamic men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty all scheduled to open their campaign today in the group stage matches.
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Live Updates
- 1 Dec 2021 12:32 PM GMT
Close miss - the Danes take the first game!
The Danes attack strongly and sweep away with the lead 21-16 to take the opening game.
Satwik-Chirag has got to buck up in game 2, let's go!
- 1 Dec 2021 12:26 PM GMT
Costly errors from Chirag!
The infectious nature of this match is just too much given how energetic things are here! The Dane snatch back the lead at 19-16!
Buck up, Satwik-Chirag!
- 1 Dec 2021 12:21 PM GMT
Satwik-Chirag are firing in smashes and doing their best to play cover-up!
The Danes have the momentum here but Satwik-Chirag keeps attacking from all angles to cover up the difference. The Danes lead 16-12 in the opening game!
- 1 Dec 2021 12:19 PM GMT
13 minutes into this match, Satwik-Chirag trails!
Up against the Danish pair of Kim Astrup and Anders Rassmusen, it has been a swift start but highly action-packed. The Indian pair of Satwik-Chirag are a little on the backfoot at 15-11!
