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 6:05 PM GMT
PHENOMENAL RALLY FROM PV SINDHU!
Beautiful rally from Sindhu as she covers the court with skill and balance. Woah! The World Champion is in the house! Sindhu leads 16-11!
- 28 Oct 2021 6:03 PM GMT
PV Sindhu seems to have found her groove now!
Sindhu leads now at 14-10 as she makes Line commit errors! Let's go, champ!
- 28 Oct 2021 6:01 PM GMT
Line is making Sindhu work hard here!
Line is displaying more grit here than the last meeting of theirs as she is moving well.
- 28 Oct 2021 5:56 PM GMT
Sindhu is still trying to find her footing here - Line attacks well
Sindhu makes a very slow start as the silver medallist from the European Championship attacks well.
But she is climbing back in the game now. Line with the lead at 7-5!
- 28 Oct 2021 5:53 PM GMT
Unforced errors from the PV Sindhu racquet, tch!
Line gets on to a 4-0 lead as PV Sindhu commits a few errors on the trot. Sindhu needs to open her scorebook soon!!
- 28 Oct 2021 5:49 PM GMT
Players are on court - the night is only young now!
PV Sindhu arrives on the court as she meets Line Christophersen for the match. This is only the second meeting between the two and so far, it has been Sindhu who has called the shots in their previous meeting at the All England Open 2021, second round.
Let's see if she can throw any challenge in the way of PV Sindhu - let's go!
- 28 Oct 2021 5:43 PM GMT
We have PV Sindhu in action next!
Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will be on court next as she takes on Denmark's Line Christophersen! A thriller is promised, let's go!
