French Open: Asmita, Tanvi advance as Satwik-Chirag crash in round of 32

Asmita Chaliha and Tanvi Sharma won their matches in the women’s singles, but the men’s doubles pair of Satwiksiraj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty crashed out of the French Open badminton tournament with defeat in their Round of 32 match on Tuesday.

India’s world No.5 pair of Satwik and Chirag bounced back to win the second match before defeating the French pair of Christo Popov and Toma Junior Popov 19-21, 21-18, 13-21 in an hour.

Asmita defeated China’s Hang Qian Xi 21-18, 24-22 in 39 minutes to advance to the next round, while Tanvi needed 32 minutes to see off the challenge of compatriot Isharani Baruah.

Tanvi defeated Isharani 21-12, 21-12 to advance to the round of 16.

Earlier, the women’s doubles team of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand lost their match in the round of 32. The Indian pair suffered a 17-21, 18-21 defeat against the Chinese Taipei pair of Lin Chih-Chun and Yang Chu Yun.

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