French Open Finals 2024 Live Score: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty claim title in just 36 minutes | Badminton News
French Open Finals 2024 Live Score, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty claimed their first title of the year at the French Open after brushing aside their opponents from Chinese Taipei, Lee Jhe Huei-Yang Po Hsuan, in just 36 minutes in the French Open 2024. The Indian pair won a 21-11, 21-17 scoreline despite trailing 9-11 in the mid-game interval of the second game in the men’s doubles final.This is the first title the Indians have won in 2024 and their seventh world tour title. Previously they had reached two finals in events this year. The Indian pair had also won the French Open title in 2022.
The Indians were in imperious form at the Adidas Arena, which will be the venue of the badminton event at the Paris Olympics 2024. It took them just 15 minutes to claim the first game a 21-11 margin.
The 2022 winners and the third time finals started out the summit clash in a dominating fashion as they clinched the first game a 21-11 margin. (File)
The Taipei pair was unseeded heading into the final, but their ranking of No 16 was a mirage at best. Lee is a former top-10 player with Lee Yang (one half of Olympic Champion pair) and along with his current partner Yang, he stormed to the title at German Open last week. Carrying on their form from Germany, the Taipei pair had another memorable week in France, defeating two former world No 1s in Wang Chang-Liang Wei Keng (second seeds) and Muhammad Rian Ardianto-Fajar Alfian (seventh seeds).
On Saturday, they had packed off former World Champions Yugo Kobayashi-Takuro Hoki (sixth seeds), coming back from 13-19 down in the second game to win in straight games. The Taipei duo play an all-out attacking game and are in red-hot form.
