Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty change into first Indian badminton doubles pair to advance to quarterfinals at Olympics | Paris Olympics 2024 Information – Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: Star badminton duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on Monday made historical past, changing into the primary Indian males’s doubles pair to achieve the quarterfinals on the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The previous World No.1 pair’s Group C match towards the German duo of Mark Lamsfuss and Marvin Seidel was earlier referred to as off on Monday on account of Seidel’s harm and when French pair Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar had been defeated by Indonesia’s Muhammad Rian Ardianto and Fajar Alfian later within the day, Satwik an Chirag superior into the quarters.
Ranked third on this planet, Satwik and Chirag had already secured a victory over Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar of their first match in Paris.
With the German pair’s withdrawal, Group C was lowered to 3 groups.
Each the Indian and Indonesian pairs have received one match every and certified for the last-eight stage, as two groups progress from every group.
The ultimate Group C match between Satwik-Chirag and the Indonesian pair will now decide the group chief.
“German males’s doubles participant Mark Lamsfuss has withdrawn from the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 badminton competitors on account of a knee harm. Lamsfuss’ and teammate Marvin Seidel‘s remaining Group C matches towards India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty (Courtroom 3, 8.30 am native time, 29 July 2024) and Lucas Corvee/Ronan Labar of France (Courtroom 1, ‘Not Earlier than’ 2.50 pm native time, 30 July 2024) won’t be performed,” the Badminton World Federation assertion learn.
Lamfuss-Seidel’s remaining two Group C matches, together with Monday’s recreation, have been cancelled. The German duo’s end result towards Indonesia’s Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto, world No. 7 in males’s doubles, has additionally been deleted as per BWF Common Competitors Rules for group stage play.
“Matches on these courts in every respective session have been rescheduled. As per BWF Common Competitors Rules for group stage play, the outcomes of all matches performed, or but to be performed, involving in Group C are actually thought of deleted,” it added.
Satwik-Chirag’s closing Group C match might be towards the Indonesian pair, Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto on Tuesday (July 30) at 5:30 pm IST.