Badminton
Olympics 2024 Badminton: Satwik-Chirag, Lakshya open campaign with straight-game wins, Tanisha-Crasto lose - Highlights
Catch the Highlights of Indian shuttlers' group stage matches from the Paris Olympics on July 27.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty (Photo credit: Badminton Photo/BWF)
Badminton players, one of India's biggest medal hopes at the Olympics since Saina Nehwal won a bronze medal in London 2012, opened their campaign at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Saturday, July 27, evening at Paris' Porte de la Chapelle Arena.
In men's singles, Lakshya Sen, placed in Group L, ran into a tricky opponent, Kevin Cordon of Guatemala, who is the semifinalist of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
World No. 3 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty - India's biggest medal hope in badminton this time around - were up against France's last-minute entrants Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar in their opening Group C match.
Satwik-Chirag won the French Open Super 750 for the second time earlier this year at the venue of the Paris 2024.
In the day's final match, the women's doubles pairing of Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa had their task cut out against World No. 8 Kong Hee Yong and Kim So Yeong during a Group C clash.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 27 July 2024 7:19 PM IST
Game 1: Lakshya's flat smash
Lakshya wins a good rally as he finishes it with a smash. Lakshya leads 6-1.
- 27 July 2024 7:18 PM IST
Game 1: Lakshya leads 5-0
Magnificent anticipation by Lakshya, he comes close to the net and lifts the shuttle over Kevin to the base of the court. Lakshya leads 4-0, now it is 5-0.
- 27 July 2024 7:17 PM IST
Game 1: Lakshya draws the first blood
Kevin's return finds the net, Lakshya leads 1-0.
Lakshya goes 2-0 up now.
Kevin goes wide, Lakshya extends his lead to 3-0.
- 27 July 2024 7:16 PM IST
Game 1: Lakshya vs Kevin
Lakshya in white shit and Kevin in deep blue start the first game.
- 27 July 2024 7:15 PM IST
Lakshya makes his Olympics debut
Lakshya Sen looks to make a winning start to his maiden Olympic campaign.
For Kevin Cordon, this is his fifth Olympics.
- 27 July 2024 7:03 PM IST
Lakshya vs Kevin to start soon
World No. 18 Lakshya Sen and World No. 41 Kevin Cordon will go head-to-head in their Group L match shortly.
- 27 July 2024 6:05 PM IST
Head to Head: Satwik-Chirag vs Corvee-Labar
World No. 40 Corvee and Labar and World No. 3 Satwik and Chirag are familiar opponents.
The Indian duo last met the French pair in January in the round of 16 at the Malaysia Open Super 1000. Satwik-Chirag trounced Corvee and Labar in straight games in 39 minutes.
Their first meeting came at the French Open Super 750 in 2023 when Satwik-Chirag met Corvee and Labar in the first round. There too, the Indian pair won in straight games in 35 minutes.
The French pair, Corvee and Labar, qualified for the men's doubles event at the Paris Olympics after a successful intervention from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
CAS urged BWF to accommodate Corvee and Labar due to the point calculation errors in the BWF's Road to Paris rankings.
- 27 July 2024 5:54 PM IST
Head to Head: Lakshya Sen vs Kevin Cordon
Lakshya and Kevin will meet each other for the first time since 2021. They last met at the BWF World Championships in 2021 in Spain.
In that meeting, Lakshya handed Kevin a straight game (21-13, 21-8) in the round of 16 en route to winning a bronze medal.
- 27 July 2024 5:35 PM IST
Schedule for July 27
Men's Singles: Group L - Lakshya Sen vs Kevin Cordon - Not before 7 PM IST
Men's Doubles: Group C - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty vs Lucas Corvee-Ronan Labar - Not before 8 PM IST
Women's Doubles: Group C - Tanisha Crasto vs Ashwini Ponnappa vs Kong Hee Yong and Kim So Yeong - Not before 11:10 PM IST
- 27 July 2024 5:31 PM IST
Hello and welcome
Welcome to our live blog for Paris Olympics group stage badminton matches, with four Indian shuttlers in action today. Stay tuned for updates from Porte de La Chapelle Arena.
