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.
World No. 3 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will open their Paris Olympics campaign on July 27. (FILE PHOTO: 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 3:05 PM GMT
Game 2: Satwik-Chirag claim the lead
Chirag's smash splits the defence of French players. The Indian players lead 4-3.
Chirag follows it up with a magnificent cross-court flick to extend the lead to 5-3.
- 27 July 2024 3:04 PM GMT
Game 2: Satwik-Chirag vs Corvee-Labar
It is an even battle in the second game at 3-3.
- 27 July 2024 2:59 PM GMT
Game 1: Corvee-Labar save game point
Chirag's return goes long. Corvee-Labar save a game point to trail 17-20. But the Indians still have three game points.
- 27 July 2024 2:58 PM GMT
Game point opportunity for Satwik-Chirag
Labar's return finds the net, and Satwik-Chirag are on game point at 20-16.
- 27 July 2024 2:57 PM GMT
Game 1: Labar's jump smash draws the French one more point
Corvee and Labar trail by two points at 16-18.
- 27 July 2024 2:55 PM GMT
Game 1: Corvee-Labar win another point to close the gap
The French duo trail 15-17 now.
- 27 July 2024 2:55 PM GMT
Game 1: Labar wins a point for the French combination
Labar's down-the-line smash help the French pair close the gap. They trail 14-17.
- 27 July 2024 2:54 PM GMT
Game 1: Satwik's smashes deep to extend the lead
Chirag sets up Satwik for a deep smash, and the later extends the lead to 17-13.
