Badminton
French Open: Srikanth beats Tien Chen, Prannoy loses; Sindhu wins against Li- HIGHLIGHTS
Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu moved to next round while HS Prannoy lost in the first round of the French Open 2024.
Kidambi Srikanth (from left), PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy will be in the thick of action at the Badminton Asia Team Championships in February.
French Open 2024 LIVE: Top Indian singles shuttlers PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy, and Kidambi Srikanth will be in action in the round of 64 at the French Open 2024 Super 750 tournament.
PV Sindhu will be up against Michelle Li, Kidmabi Srikanth will face Chou Tien Chen, and HS Prannoy will be up against Lu Guang Zu.
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- 6 March 2024 2:44 PM GMT
That will be all from us today.
PV Sindhu ended a good day for Indian shuttlers as Kidambi Srikanth won against Chou Tien Chen but HS Prannoy lost against Lu Guang Zu. We will be back with second round of the French Open tomorrow.
- 6 March 2024 2:42 PM GMT
PV Sindhu defeats Michelle Li in a marathon match.
A brilliant comeback from Sindhu as she wins the decider 21-19 in a match that went to 80 minutes.
- 6 March 2024 2:34 PM GMT
Michelle Li gets closer to the win.
Michelle Li makes another comeback and she leads 18-17 putting Sindhu in danger of exiting in the first round.
- 6 March 2024 2:29 PM GMT
Michelle Li makes a comeback.
Michelle Li gets six points while PV Sindhu manages two points after the mid-game break and both shuttlers are tied at 13-13.
- 6 March 2024 2:23 PM GMT
Sindhu leads in the decider.
Sindhu leads 11-7 as she has done supremely with her placement and Michelle is struggling with the court coverage.
- 6 March 2024 2:14 PM GMT
PV Sindhu wins the second game.
PV Sindhu comes back strongly in the second game to win 22-20 despite trailing for most of the game. We are going to a decider.
- 6 March 2024 2:06 PM GMT
Sindhu is trailing in the second game.
PV Sindhu is trailing 17-18 and she is just three points away from a first-round exit.
- 6 March 2024 1:57 PM GMT
Michelle Li smashes a brilliant winner to lead 11-6.
PV Sindhu has struggled with her court coverage in this game and Michelle Li has been placing her winners perfectly.
- 6 March 2024 1:48 PM GMT
PV Sindhu loses the first game.
Michelle Li takes the first game as PV Sindhu falters in the last few points. The game was going balanced with it tied at 20-20 but Michelle took two consecutive points to win the first game.
- 6 March 2024 1:32 PM GMT
Michelle Li leads at the mid-game break.
Michelle Li takes four consecutive points to race to 11-7. Sindhu has been doing well but her mistakes on the sidelines had costed her few points.
