French Open Badminton

French Open badminton: Kidambi Srikanth suffers defeat in pre-quarters

In the men’s doubles, seventh-seeded Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat the Malaysian duo of Man Wei Chong and Kai Wun Tee 21-16 21-14 in a round of 16 of French Open

French Open badminton: Satwik-Chirag advance to pre-quarters; Jolly-Gopichand bow out

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost the first game 19-21, but recovered strongly to win the next two 21-9 21-13 in their round of 32 match.

French Open 2021: PV Sindhu enters semi-finals; Lakshya Sen, Satwik-Chirag ousted

PV Sindhu continued her impressive run at the French Open badminton tournament by sailing into the women's singles semi-finals with a straight-game win over Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan

French Open: Lakshya Sen enters quarter-finals with comfortable win; Sameer Verma retires hurt

Lakshya Sen will clash with either Korea's Heo Kwanghee or Chinese Taipei's Wang Tzu Wei next.

French Open badminton: Kidambi Srikanth suffers agonising defeat to Kento Momota in second round; Satwik-Ashwini win

Srikanth had lost to Momota last week also at Denmark Open but he produced a much better display in Paris and came agonisingly close to outwitting the two-time world champion only to fall short in the end.

Taking matches deep and attacking Lin Dan's backhand, how HS Prannoy turned the tables on the icon

"Remember how everybody said cricket will not be the same anymore when Sachin retired? I think it is a bit like that with Lin Dan's retirement," Prannoy said.

BWF French Open 2019: An Se Young sends strongest message to date that she's a raging new talent in the shuttle firmament

An Se Young appears indefatigable, is swift and decisive with her footwork, has a virtually impregnable defence, and an arsenal of accurate strokes.

BWF French Open 2019: PV Sindhu crashes out in quarter-finals; Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty pair enters semis

This the 10th time Sindhu had lost to Tzu Ying, who now enjoys a dominant 10-5 record over the Indian.

BWF French Open 2019: Authoritative Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty show another set of world champions the exit door

Lowering the colours of highly-decorated world champions, past and present, seems to have become a habit with the Indian men’s doubles combination of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty.

French Open 2018: Chen Long, Akane Yamaguchi upset fancied stars; young Chinese upstarts win men's doubles crown with elan

Chen Long looked much more like the all-conquering player of old, while the doughty, grimly determined Akane Yamaguchi outlasted the artistic but wayward defending champion Tai Tzu Ying.