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.
Follow all updates LIVE here:
Live Updates
- 1 Dec 2021 7:31 AM GMT
Aye, aye boys!
Satwik-Chirag are seeded on the draw for the BWF World Championships! This is going to be tough!
- 1 Dec 2021 6:57 AM GMT
Just a few minutes to go now!
Can PV Sindhu retain her World Champion crown by defending it well? Let's find out what her road will look like!
- 1 Dec 2021 6:55 AM GMT
We are also going to know the draw of the BWF World Championships now as well
The BWF World Championships, which is scheduled to take place in Huelva from 12th to 19th December 2021 will be releasing the exciting draw today - just a few minutes from now.
Stay tuned for the updates!
- 1 Dec 2021 4:36 AM GMT
Kidambi Srikanth WINS!!!
Kidambi Srikanth kicks off his World Tour Finals campaign in style winning is first group stage match 21-14, 21-16 in 42 minutes. The Frenchman Popov did give it his all, but Srikanth was on the top of his game today. And when Srikanth is playing to his best, there are not many better than him in the world!
- 1 Dec 2021 4:34 AM GMT
4 MATCH POINTS
Kidambi Srikanth has 4 match points, thanks to an unforced error from Popov.
- 1 Dec 2021 4:31 AM GMT
Consecutive points for Popov
Consecutive points for Popov and he has reduced the deficit to three at 17-14. Can Srikanth maintain his composure?
