It was a disappointing day for Indian shuttlers at the French Open Super 750 as Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy and Sameer Verma crashed out in the Round of 16.
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It was a disappointing day for Indian shuttlers at the French Open Super 750 as Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy and Sameer Verma crashed out in the Round of 16. Meanwhile, the men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty kept India’s challenge alive on Thursday. The day began with Srikanth losing to Rasmus Gemke 21-19, 12-21, 19-21. Verma lost to Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn in straight games, with a scoreline of 21-18, 21-11. Prannoy, on the other hand, came up with a solid fight but suffered a 19-21, 22-20, 19-21 defeat against China’s Lu Guangzu.
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India’s hopes of finishing on the podium in the French Open now rest on the doubles duo of Satwik and Chirag. The 7th seeds beat the Malaysia pair of Man Wei Chong and Kai Wun Tee 21-16, 21-14 in the last-16 match that lasted 40 minutes. The Indian’s will next face the World no.1 Japanese pair of Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi in a rematch of the World Championships quarter-final.
| Match Schedule | Time (IST) |
| G Z Lu vs C Y Lee | 4:00 pm |
| K Vitidsarn vs R Gemke | 4:40 pm |
| K Naraoka vs J Christie | 9:30 pm |
| V Axelsen vs K Y Loh | 10:00 pm |
| Match Schedule | Time (IST) |
| A Yamaguchi vs P Chaiwan | 3:30 pm |
| C Marin vs Y Han | 4:10 pm |
| R Intanon vs T Y Tai | 10:30 pm |
| B J He vs B Ongbamrungphan | 11:10 pm |
| Match Schedule | Time (IST) |
| WH Kim/ SG Choi vs YS Ong/ EY Teo | 3:40 pm |
| Y Kobayashi/ Y Hoki vs S Rankireddy/ C Shetty | 4:30 pm |
| B Maulana/ MS Fikri vs SY Lu/ PH Yang | 9:40 pm |
| S Vendy/ B Lane vs C Wang/ WK Liang | 11:00 pm |
| Match Schedule | Time (IST) |
| Q C Chen/ Y F Jia vs S H Lee/ H N Baek | 3:40 pm |
| C Shide/ N Matsuyama vs P Tan/ M Thinaah | 5:00 pm |
| Y Fukushima/ S Hirota vs S Y Kim/ H Y Kong | 9:10 pm |
| n jeong/ H Kim vs W Nagahara/ M Matsumoto | 10:40 pm |
| Match Schedule | Time (IST) |
| D P Huang/ Y Feng vs M Lamsfub/ I Lohau | 4:10 pm |
| S W Zheng/ Y Q Huang vs Y Kaneko/ M Matsumoto | 4:40 pm |
| T Gicquel/ D delrue vs L Kusumawati/ R Kusharjanto | 9:00 pm |
| Y Chae/ S J Seo vs R Tabeling/ S Piek | 10:10 pm |
The 2022 French Open Badminton Championship will commence on October 25 and end on October 30.
Badminton fans in India can watch live action on Sports 18 channel, while live streaming is available on Voot Select app and website.
