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Tokyo Olympics: Badminton LIVE Day 1, July 24 - Satwik-Chirag start with a massive win, Sai loses - Updates, scores, results, blog
Satwik-Chirag played an inspired game to win their debut match against third seeds while Sai Praneeth suffered a shock loss to lower-ranked player.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will debut at the Tokyo Olympics (Source: BWF website)
Welcome to The Bridge's LIVE blog for Badminton on Day 1 of the Tokyo Olympics.
It's set to be an exciting day at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza as the badminton action takes off at the Tokyo Olympics, finally. For the Indians, it is going to be an action-packed morning with the World No. 10 dynamic doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty aspiring to make their mark against formidable World No. 3 pair of Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin, in their Group A Play Stage match. Other than this young Indian pair, there will also be the thirteenth seeded B. Sai Praneeth, in the men's singles event as he will square off against Misha Zilberman of Israel, who is ranked as the World No. 47 in his Group D Play Stage opener match.
Order of Play:
Men's Doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty [9] v Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin [3]
Men's Singles: Sai Praneeth [13] v Misha Zilberman
Follow all our LIVE updates here:
Live Updates
- 24 July 2021 6:44 AM GMT
Thank you for joining The Bridge on this thrilling coverage of the Men's Singles and Men's Doubles badminton action on Day 1 of the Tokyo Olympics!
There is more action around the corner as Manika Batra and Sutirtha Mukherjee will open their individual medal bids. Check out the LIVE BLOG now! - 24 July 2021 6:31 AM GMT
INCREDIBLY PROUD MOMENT FOR INDIA!
Mind you, the Chinese Taipei pair have had a solid 2021 season and were the clear favourites heading into this match but Satwik Chirag proved their mettle to win the thriller! So proud, right now!
- 24 July 2021 6:30 AM GMT
Clearly, the onboarding of Mathias Boe as coach has helped the pair of Satwik Chirag and it clearly showed as the Indian duo played an inspired match to win this difficult encounter!
- 24 July 2021 6:29 AM GMT
Final Score: 21- 16, 16- 21, 27- 25
OH MY GOD - SATWIK CHIRAG PULL OFF A MASSIVE UPSET AS THEY DEFEAT THE THIRD SEEDS WITH A MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY OF BADMINTON!
