Satwik and Chirag will try to repeat the success of 2022 in French Open
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Paris. The Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who finished runners-up in the last three tournaments, will look to repeat their 2022 success at the French Open Super 750 badminton tournament, starting here on Tuesday. The world number one pair of Satwik and Chirag had failed to cross the final hurdle at China Masters Super 750 in November, Malaysia Open Super 1000 and India Open Super 750 in January. However, this Indian pair will start as strong contenders for the title in the French Open.
The competition will also give India’s top players an opportunity to get a feel for the Adidas Arena at Port de la Chapelle where badminton matches will be played during the Paris Olympics. Satwik and Chirag won the French Open title in 2022. They will start their campaign against Ong Yu Sin and Teo Ee Yee of Malaysia. This tournament is also very important for two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu. He made a comeback in the Asian Championship played in Malaysia after being out for four months.
The world number 11 Indian player will start her campaign against Michelle Lee of Canada. Moving forward in the competition, she may face three-time former world champion Carolina Marin of Spain. In men’s singles, world number seven HS Prannoy had made it to the semi-finals of the India Open and he would like to perform better than that here. His first match will be against Lu Guang Xue of China. Lakshya Sen, who is in the race for a place in the Indian team for the Paris Olympics, has not been able to perform as expected for some time. He will have to face a tough challenge from Japan’s Kanta Suneyama in the first round itself.
Former world number one Kidambi Srikanth may also face a tough challenge from Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien Chen in his opening match, while young Priyanshu Rajawat will face world number one Viktor Axelsen in the first round. In women’s doubles, Indian pairs of Trisa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand and Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa will face each other in the first round.
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