Badminton
French Open: Satwik/Chirag, Lakshya, Treesa/Gayatri win, Ashwini/Tanisha, Priyanshu loses- HIGHLIGHTS
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French Open 2024 LIVE: Indian shuttlers will return to action as the 2024 French Open Super 750 tournament kicks off today.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be up against familiar rivals Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi of Malaysia. In women's doubles, Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand will go against fellow shuttlers Ashwini Ponnappa/Tanisha Crasto.
In men's singles, Lakshya Sen will take on Kanta Tsuneyama while Priyanshu Rajawat will face Viktor Axelsen.
Stay tuned for updates.
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- 5 March 2024 3:37 PM GMT
Priyanshu Rajawat loses in first round.
Viktor Axelsen wins the second game 21-15 despite some resistance from Rajawat and the Indian's challenge end here.
- 5 March 2024 3:24 PM GMT
Similar scoreline as the first game, Viktor leads at mid-game break.
Viktor Axelsen has a 11-6 lead at the mid-game break and Priyanshu is looking at a first-round exit.
- 5 March 2024 3:15 PM GMT
Priyanshu loses the first game.
As expected, Viktor Axelsen won the first game 21-8. After the mid-game break, Axelsen gave no chance to Priyanshu and displayed his powerful winners to win the first game.
- 5 March 2024 3:08 PM GMT
Viktor Axelsen leads 11-6.
Priyanshu has done reasonably well till now against the world champion but he has been committing errors.
- 5 March 2024 2:44 PM GMT
Lakshya Sen moves to the next round.
Nothing much to write about the decider as Lakshya completely demolishes Tsuneyama and wins 21-3 to book his place in round of 16.
- 5 March 2024 2:37 PM GMT
Lakshya is running riot in the decider.
A brilliant start from Lakshya who leads 11-2 with Tsuneyama clueless about the game. He just needs to maintain his composure to reach the next round.
- 5 March 2024 2:28 PM GMT
Lakshya Sen forces the decider.
Despite some discomfort, Lakshya wins the second game 21-15 and forces a decider. He was much better in controlling in shots in this game.
- 5 March 2024 2:20 PM GMT
Lakshya maintains a five-point lead.
Despite Tsuneyama coming back with a couple of winners, Lakshya has done well to maintain his composure and lead 16-11 in the second game.