Among India's top medal hopes, the pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty started their Paris Olympic Games 2024 campaign on a brilliant note earning an easy victory in their Group C encounter on Saturday against the French pair of Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar. (Full Olympics Coverage | More Sports News)
The third seeded Indian pair made light work of the French duo, defeating them in straight games 21-17, 21-14.
The reigning Asia Games pairing of Satwik-Chirag was dominant from the start and maintained a sizeable lead against the home favourites throughout the match.
The Lucas-Ronan pair however kept themselves in the match by not letting the Indian duo run away with their lead. The match lasted 45 minutes.
Satwik-Chirag will now face Mark Lamsfuss and Marvin Seidel of Germany in their second Group C match on Monday.
Earlier, Lakshya Sen also got off to a winning start in the Paris Olympics. Sen beat Tokyo edition semifinalist Kevin Cordon of Guatemala 21-8 22-20 in a Group C contest of the men's singles.
Sen will next play Belgium’s Julie Carraggi.
