The top Indian shuttler pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty had to settle for silver in the French Open held at Paris. World number One pair Marcus Fernaldi and Kevin Sukamuljo hailing from Indonesia without missing any opportunity finished the final match recording a perfect victory over the Indian athletes. https://twitter.com/bwfmedia/status/1188533532840419329 The Indian …
The top Indian shuttler pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty had to settle for silver in the French Open held at Paris. World number One pair Marcus Fernaldi and Kevin Sukamuljo hailing from Indonesia without missing any opportunity finished the final match recording a perfect victory over the Indian athletes.
Highlights | Getting straight to the point, Gideon and Sukamuljo 🇮🇩 do it again with a straight games victory over Rankireddy and Shetty 🇮🇳🏸#HSBCBWFbadminton #HSBCRaceToGuangzhou #FrenchOpen2019 pic.twitter.com/Y1meuWQU8Z
— BWF (@bwfmedia) October 27, 2019
The Indian pair is currently ranked at World number Eleven and created a huge buzz after defeating the World number Two pair in Paris. Satwiksairaj and Chirag were aiming to become the second Indian player to win French Open after 1983 victory of Partho Ganguli and Vikram Singh.
The Indian athletes met their third defeat in the tour while seventh defeat against the Indonesian players. The Rankireddy-Shetty duo performed exceptionally well but trailed behind the Indonesian duo who without missing any moment finished the match in 35 minutes, clinching another gold in Men’s double category.
Exceptional week at the French Riviera comes to an end as @satwiksairaj and @Shettychirag04 conclude their #FrenchOpenSuper750 campaign as Runners Up (18-21, 16-21) Most memorable take away for the duo will be 3 top10 wins in last 7 days, Kudos Guys!👏#IndiaontheRise#badminton pic.twitter.com/t9HkQOE04O
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) October 27, 2019
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