Satwik-Chirag duo sails into French Open final

Top seeds and former champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty reached third consecutive final of 2024 and third final at French Open after a dominating win over reigning world champions Kang Minhyuk/Seo Seungjae of Korea 21-13, 21-16 in the men’s doubles semifinal in Paris.

India’s top duo will face the winner between Japan’s Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi and Chinese Taipei’s Lee Jhe-Huei/Yang Po-Hsuan in the finals on Sunday.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy had earlier spoken about peaking right before the Paris Olympics. He had said that Chirag Shetty and him wanted to remain calm and take things step by step in ahead of the big tournament.