PV Sindhu, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty reach quarterfinals of French Open

Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu has managed to come up with a splendid performance so far, as she has reached the quarterfinals of the French Open 2021. In the pre-quarters on Thursday night, she defeated Denmark's Line Christophersen in straight sets: 21-19, 21-9. The third-seeded Indian defeated the 24th seed Danish in 37 minutes.

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Sindhu would now take on Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan in the quarters on Friday. The eighth-seeded Thai defeated the unseeded Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland in straight sets: 21-15, 21-15. Notably, the Scot had suffered a defeat to the Indian during last week's Denmark Open.

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Meanwhile, the Indian men's pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also qualified for the quarters, defeating a fellow Indian duo of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila in straight sets: 21-10, 21-19. The winning pair would now face off against Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia on Friday.

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Also, in the men's singles, unseeded Lakshya Sen made his way into the quarters as he went on to defeat Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in straight sets: 21-17, 21-19. On Friday, he would be taking on Heo Kwang-hee of South Korea, who had beaten Wang Tzu-wei of Taiwan in straight sets: 21-10, 21-18.

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However, Sourabh Verma suffered a defeat in his singles pre-quarters competition to Kenta Nishimoto of Japan, losing in straight sets: 12-21, 9-21. Meanwhile, Nishimoto would be up against fourth-seeded Chou Tien-chen of China in the quarters on Friday, as the latter defeated Brice Leverdez of France 21-16, 17-21, 21-19.