Badminton
French Open 2021 LIVE, Day 3: PV Sindhu, Satwik-Chirag and others eye quarters - Scores, Updates, Results, Live Blog
Catch all the badminton action from Day 3 of the French Open as Indian shuttlers vie for quarter-final spots.
PV Sindhu in action at the Tokyo Olympics (Source: Getty)
Welcome to live blog of The Bridge from Day 3 of the French Open 2021!
Indian badminton players got off to a bittersweet start with several veteran players like Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth, Parupalli Kashyap, HS Prannoy failing to progress beyond the first round. Staying on track and eyeing the quarter-finals, there will be 6 matches today featuring - PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, Sameer Verma, Sourabh Verma, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty, Dhruv Kapila-MR Arjun and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Ashwini Ponnappa.
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Live Updates
- 28 Oct 2021 6:30 PM GMT
And PV Sindhu is through to the quarters!
PV Sindhu books her quarter-final berth for the fourth time at the French Open 2021 as she wins in 37 minutes, 21-19, 21-9!
- 28 Oct 2021 6:26 PM GMT
PV Sindhu comes forward to attack!
Aggressive play from PV Sindhu as she comes to the net to smash. She leads 16-8!
- 28 Oct 2021 6:19 PM GMT
PV Sindhu is mixing up her shots well now!
PV Sindhu is smashing and playing cheeky cross-court shots and is even advancing to the net - she leads 8-2!
- 28 Oct 2021 6:14 PM GMT
Fierce battle in Game 1 but it is PV Sindhu who prevails!
Needing 20 minutes to wrap up business in Game 1, it is PV Sindhu who wraps it up in 21-19! Good going!
- 28 Oct 2021 6:08 PM GMT
Line is on the comeback spree now!
Line is smashing away now and Sindhu dismisses a few returns but the Indian still has the lead at 18-16!
