La Chapelle Arena: One of India’s brightest medal hopes, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty registered a convincing 2-0 victory over home favourites Lucas Corvee-Ronan Labar in Group C of men’s doubles badminton at the 33rd Olympic Games here on Saturday.
The Indian duo, given the nickname ‘Sat-Chi’, controlled the game throughout the match and despite a late charge by the French duo won the match easily. They took a 21-17 victory in the first game, surging ahead from 5-4 to open an 8-5 lead and then a 12-6 advantage to win the first game.
The Indian duo fought a bit in the second game before sealing the second game 21-14, wrapping up the match in 45 minutes at the La Chapelle Arena.
The Indian duo, given the nickname ‘Sat-Chi’, controlled the game throughout the match and despite a late charge by the French duo won the match easily. They took a 21-17 victory in the first game, surging ahead from 5-4 to open an 8-5 lead and then a 12-6 advantage to win the first game.
Alongside the duo, men's singles player Lakshya Sen also started on the right foot, defeating Kevin Cordon of Guatemala 21-8, 22-20 in 42 minutes in a men's singles Group L match of badminton competition to make a winning start to the campaign.