Badminton
Badminton World Tour Finals 2021 LIVE, Day 1- Satwik-Chirag loses, Lakshya Sen handed win - Scores, Updates, Results, Live blog
Catch all the exciting badminton action live from the year-ending BWF Badminton World Tour Finals 2021. Follow LIVE here!
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 9:06 AM GMT
PV Sindhu will be on court soon, let's get ready!
Sindhu has been on a good roll since her Tokyo triumph - making it to a hattrick string of semi-finals at the Hylo Open 2021, the Indonesia Open 2021 and the Indonesia Masters 2021.
Let's see how the former World Tour Finals champ fares in her opening group match!
- 1 Dec 2021 8:25 AM GMT
Back to the World Tour Finals now!
PV Sindhu will be up next in action as she clashes against Denmark's Line Christophersen. Let's take a look!
- 1 Dec 2021 7:58 AM GMT
What is written on Satwik-Chirag's fate?
The dynamic men's doubles duo of Satwik-Chirag are seeded eighth and will have to battle past Lee/Yang in Round 2, Ong/Teo in pre-quarters, and eventually, lock horns against reigning Olympic champions Lee/Wang in the quarters.
Not at all an easy road, here!
- 1 Dec 2021 7:55 AM GMT
What does it look like for Kidambi Srikanth and Sai Praneeth?
Kidambi Srikanth, who is in a good form, is seeded 12th in the tournament and will face-off against youngster Li Shifeng in Round 2 and Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien Chen will await him in the pre-quarters. Not very easy for Srikanth but one can trust his form to carry him forward!
Meanwhile, Sai Praneeth is seeded 14th and has to cross the hurdle of meeting Mark Caljouw in the first round, followed by a moderately easy Round 2 and a potential pre-quarter-final clash against Indonesia's Anthony Ginting. Pretty exciting!
- 1 Dec 2021 7:50 AM GMT
What does it look like for PV Sindhu?
PV Sindhu, seeded sixth, is the defending champion, will face-off against Pornpawee Chochuwong in the pre-quarters, and an exciting meeting with Tai Tzu-ying awaits the 2-time Olympic medallist in the World Championships.
Sindhu will need to tread very carefully to defend her crown.
