Don’t worry, you will have golden future! Satwiksairaj and Chirag duo bags silver at #FrenchOpen

News Bharati    28-Oct-2019
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Paris, October 28: After classic performances in quarterfinal and semifinal, India's top men's doubles badminton pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty clinched silver medal at the French Open in Paris last night. The Indian duo settled for silver after losing the final 18-21, 16-21 against world No.1 pair of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo. Despite the loss, the duo's effort is commendable as this is the first time an Indian men's doubles pair has reached a World Tour 750 final.

The world no. 1 Indonesian pair moved to a huge 7-1 lead in the beginning of the match. The Indian duo showed the stomach to fight with some clever play. However, the Indonesians soon grabbed three game points and won the first game. In the second game, the Indians fell back a bit before levelling the scores at 6-6. The two pairs moved together till 12-12. However, the Indonesian duo grabbed the match and sealed their seventh title of the year after Satwik hit out. 
 
It was the first time that an Indian men's doubles pair reached a World Tour 750 final. Partho Ganguli and Vikram Singh were the last all-Indian pair to win the French Open in 1983. In singles, Kidambi Srikanth had won the men's title in 2017, while Saina Nehwal was the only other Indian to make it to the women's final in 2012.
 
The World No. 11 Indian pair had an impressive week as they shocked reigning world champions Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan, before scripting stunning wins over World No. 8 Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen and World No. 6 Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe.