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French Open 2022: Satwik/Chirag give India first win on Day 1- Updates, Scores, Blog
The Men's Doubles pair defeated the Popov brothers in a three-set thriller.
Day 1 of the French Open although started bad for the Indian shuttlers, ended quite well. The first match saw Mixed Doubles pair Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto lose in straight sets to Japanese pair Yamashita/Shinoya (13-21, 16-21).
After that, another Indian pair in Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand bowed out of the competition with a 21-23, 20-22 loss against Thai pair Prajongjai/Kititharakul. As one can see that the tie was closely contested, but the sixth seeded opponents were a tad bit better that the Indians.
Finally, it was the Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty match against home favourites Popov brothers. In the first game, the French pair made an incredible comeback to win it 21-19. However, the Indians literally smashed their way to win the second game 21-9.
In the deciding set, Satwik/Chirag saw the game through 21-13 as India tasted victory for the first time on Day 1 and in the French Open 2022.
To end the day, Saina Nehwal saw defeat at the hands of German Yvonne Li. The score read 13-21, 21-17, 21-19 in favour of Li. Hence, it was only the pair of Sat-Chi that kept the Indian challenge's hopes afloat on the first day of the French Open.
Live Updates
- 25 Oct 2022 2:58 PM GMT
SatChi leading in the second game.
A significant gap of six points has been created by the Indians. But can they hold that gap?
- 25 Oct 2022 2:51 PM GMT
FRENCH UPSET!
The Popov brothers have come back and won the first game 21-19! The Indian pair was seeming like they were going to clinch this one at the end, but the French persisted, and persisted well.
- 25 Oct 2022 2:43 PM GMT
It's a French comeback!
The Popov brothers have done well to comeback 14-14 in the first game.
- 25 Oct 2022 2:37 PM GMT
So far, so good for SatChi!
The Indians are clearly trying to wrap up the affair quickly as they lead 11-7 at the break.
- 25 Oct 2022 2:32 PM GMT
Home support is loud!
Cheers of 'Popov, Popov' can be heard after every point won by the French brothers.
- 25 Oct 2022 11:20 AM GMT
And another Indian campaign comes to an end.
Treesa/Gayatri lose this game 20-22 to lose the match.
- 25 Oct 2022 11:10 AM GMT
Too many errors from the Indians in this game.
If this continues, we might just see another pair exit the French Open today.