Satwiksairaj Rankireddy And Chirag Shetty Enter Second Round Of French Open

Sindhu prevailed over Tunjung 12-21, 21-18, 21-15 after 69 minutes of intense contest.

Earlier, newly-crowned world number one pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the men's doubles second round.

The Asian Games gold medallists, who had skipped the Denmark Open super 750 last week, beat world No. 34 Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar 21-13, 21-13 in a lop-sided contest.

Satwik and Chirag will next meet three-time world champions Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia.