Badminton
French Open: PV Sindhu, Treesa/Gayatri, Satwik/Chirag, Lakshya win- HIGHLIGHTS
Indian shuttlers produced a brilliant show as two pairs in doubles and two in singles moved to quarters of French Open.
Lakshya Sen, Satwik/Chirag and PV Sindhu will fight for gold medal at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 (Source: Getty)
French Open 2024 LIVE: Three Indian singles and two doubles pair will feature in the second round of the French Open Super 750 tournament.
PV Sindhu will take on Beiwen Zhang of the USA, Kidambi Srikanth will face Lu Guang Zu of China, and Lakshya Sen will be up against Li Shi Feng of China.
In men's doubles World number one, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty will take on Man Wei Chong/Kai Wun Tee of Malaysia.
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand takes a comfortable win (21-18, 21-13) over Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota of Japan in women's doubles to reach the quarterfinals.
Stay tuned for updates.
Live Updates
- 7 March 2024 12:25 PM GMT
Kidmabi Srikanth is closing on to a win.
Kidmabi is leading 17-13 in the decider and he needs to maintain his calm at the moment.
- 7 March 2024 12:23 PM GMT
PV Sindhu loses the first game.
Beiwen Zhang continues her good form and defeats PV Sindhu 21-13 in the first game.
- 7 March 2024 12:19 PM GMT
Srikanth has a slight lead in the decider.
Nothing to separate both shuttlers. Srikanth comes up with a fabulous back court return and he goes into 11-10 lead.
- 7 March 2024 12:17 PM GMT
Zhang leads against Sindhu in the first game.
Zhang has a lead of 11-7 against Sindhu in the first game.
- 7 March 2024 12:06 PM GMT
Srikanth loses second game.
Srikanth almost gave up in the second game and lost 12-21 and we are going into the decider now.
- 7 March 2024 12:02 PM GMT
Lu Guang Zu has a big lead in the second game.
Lu Guang Zu leads 16-10 in the second game and Srikanth is struggling with his rhythm at the moment.
- 7 March 2024 11:49 AM GMT
It is all square in the second game.
Lu Guang Zu started with lead in the second game but Srikanth came back to make it 5-5. Both shuttlers are going toe-to-toe here.
- 7 March 2024 11:40 AM GMT
Srikanth wins the first game.
Srikanth produces two strong winners beyond the reach of Guang and he wins the first game 21-19. He needs to be more clinical in the last few points.
