Badminton
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 4:36 AM GMT
Sai Praneeth will be in action first, it seems!
Let's get ready as Court 2 is almost wrapping up with the Men's Doubles match featuring The Minions!
Time for Sai Praneeth to buck up and head to the court! - 24 July 2021 3:54 AM GMT
Slight delay to the start of matches
We have a slight delay in the matches here. It seems like both Satwik-Chirag and Sai Praneeth will be contesting their matches at the same time!
Nerves, be steady - we are about to begin this soon! - 24 July 2021 3:20 AM GMT
Get a feel of what today's match-up's are going to be like!
To set you in the mood for what today's line-up is going to look like and what are their chances, head on over to this article and settle in as the action will take off ASAP!
- 24 July 2021 3:19 AM GMT
Tough challenge ahead for Satwik-Chirag
First up, will be the Men's Doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty who will fancy their chances against their seasoned opponents from Chinese Taipei, who are ranked way above at World No. 3.
- 24 July 2021 2:47 AM GMT
Action-packed day ahead for Indian shuttlers!
India is set to begin their medal campaign in badminton with the Group Stage matches beginning from today. We will have Men's Doubles action featuring the 9th seeded pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and the 13th seeded Sai Praneeth will be looking to take charge of his Men's Singles outing.
All 3 shuttlers from India are going to be make their debut at the stage of the Olympics today! Let's go!
