Paris: In badminton, Indian challenge ended at the French Open badminton tournament. India’s men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty crashed out of the event. Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu retired from the event due to knee injury.
Asian Games gold medallist men’s doubles duo of atwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty loss to Indonesian pair of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan by ‘ 23-25, 21-19, 19-21’ in round of 16 match.
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PV Sindhu conceded her second round women’s singles match against Thailand’s Supanida Katethong due to injury. Sindhu pocketed the first game 21-18 and the second game was levelled at 1-1 when she felt discomfort on her left knee. She consulted her coach Hafiz Hashim twice, and received a yellow card before deciding to concede the match to Katethong.
Sindhu had defeated seventh seed Gregoria Mariska Tunjung of Indonesia 12-21 21-18 21-15 in the opening round.
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