French Open 2024: Indian Shuttlers Move In Quarterfinals

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The Indian Shuttlers had a great day with most of them making it into the quarterfinals of the Super 750 French Open played in France on 7th March 2024.

PV Sindhu proved her worth with a three-set win over Zhang of the United States of America. The first game saw the Indian struggling before losing the first game easily at 13-21.

Sindhu struggled initially in the second game before showing her class putting the USA player under pressure. She played some lovely smashes that kept her on the front foot, winning the second game easily at 21-10.  The third game also started decently for both players before Sindhu showed her class winning it easily by 21-14 to move into the quarterfinals. She will play Chen Yufei of China.

The women’s doubles pairing of Tressa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand stunned World number 7 Fukushima and Hirota in two straight games. It was a great performance by the Indian pair winning by 21-18, 21-13. Indian pair had to fight in the first game before producing a dominating performance to register a comfortable victory. They will now face the number 1 seed Chen QC and Jia YF of China.

Satwik/Chirag Shetty moved into the quarterfinals with a straight-game win over Man W C and Tee KW of Malaysia. It was a dominating performance by the Indian pair as they never looked threatened winning by 21-13, 21-12. They will now face S Jomkoh and Kedren of Thailand.

Lakshya Sen proved his worth by defeating Li Shifeng of China in three games. The Chinese had better start winning the first game easily by 21-16. Sen then showed fighting spirit to put a disappointing outing and won the next two games easily by 21-15, 21-13 to move into the quarterfinals. He will now Loh Kiean Yew of Singapore.

Kidambi Srikanth suffered a heartbreaking loss to Lu GZ of China in three games. The first game was a closely fought encounter right from the word go as Indian held onto his nerves to win it by 21-19.

The second game saw the Chinese produce a dominating performance winning it by 21-12 to force into decider.

Srikanth and Lu fought for each point in the third game. The Indian had a great chance to win it Lu showed his class to win it by 22-20 to move into the quarterfinals.









PV Sindhu and others qualify for the quarterfinals of the French Open 2024.  

 

  

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