Olympic 2024 Satwik-Chirag Advance to Quarter Finals: Good news for India’s star badminton duo in Paris Olympics 2024. The second match between Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in men’s doubles, which was scheduled to take place on July 29, was canceled today. The German duo of Marvin Seidel and Mark Lamsfoos withdrew due to injury. So this match was cancelled. This has now benefited the Indian pair a lot.
In the first match, the Indian pair of Satwik and Chirag defeated the host French pair of Corvie Lucas and Labor Ronan 21-17, 21-14. Meanwhile, France’s Corvy Lucas and Leber Ronan also lost to Indonesia’s Fajr Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto. So the duo of Satwik and Chirag is sure to be in the top-2 of their group.
The duo of Satwik and Chirag will end the group stage as top-2. So this pair has now directly entered the quarter finals. With this, Satwik and Chirag became the first Indian badminton pair to reach the quarterfinals at the Olympics. This is a big achievement for India in Badminton.
The Men’s Doubles Group C match between Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty has been called off due to the withdrawal of Germany’s Mark Lamfuss due to injury. The Indian pair was scheduled to play against the German pair of Lamsfuss and Marvin Seidel on Monday. German men’s doubles player Mark Lamsfuss has withdrawn from the badminton event at the Paris Olympics due to a knee injury, the BWF said.
India’s star badminton duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will next face Indonesia’s Fajr Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto on July 30. If they defeat the Indonesian pair in this match, the Indian pair will top the group. This match between Satwik and Chirag will be played on 30th July at 05.30 pm. They will be eyeing a win to reach the quarter-finals. This badminton pair is also the biggest medal contender. India have high hopes for a medal from the pair.
