India At Paris Olympics: Satwik-Chirag Start Campaign With Straight-Games Victory

The third seeded Indian pair made light work of the French duo defeating them in straight games 21-17, 21-14

Updated on: 27 July 2024 9:04 pm

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India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, right, and Chirag Shetty play against France's Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar during their men's doubles badminton group stage match at Porte de la Chapelle Arena during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. Photo: AP/Dita Alangkara

Among India's top medal hopes, the pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty started their Paris Olympic Games 2024 campaign on a brilliant note earning an easy victory in their Group C encounter on Saturday against the French pair of Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar. (Full Olympics Coverage | More Sports News)

The third seeded Indian pair made light work of the French duo, defeating them in straight games 21-17, 21-14.

The reigning Asia Games pairing of Satwik-Chirag was dominant from the start and maintained a sizeable lead against the home favourites throughout the match.

The Lucas-Ronan pair however kept themselves in the match by not letting the Indian duo run away with their lead. The match lasted 45 minutes.

Satwik-Chirag will now face Mark Lamsfuss and Marvin Seidel of Germany in their second Group C match on Monday.

Earlier, Lakshya Sen also got off to a winning start in the Paris Olympics. Sen beat Tokyo edition semifinalist Kevin Cordon of Guatemala 21-8 22-20 in a Group C contest of the men's singles.

Sen will next play Belgium’s Julie Carraggi.