Indians On Fire – Day 3: YONEX French Open 2018
India had an outstanding day at the YONEX French Open 2018 in Paris yesterday, with two Men’s Doubles pairs and three singles players making the quarter-finals.
· DEV SUKUMAR
India had an outstanding day at the YONEX French Open 2018 in Paris yesterday, with two Men’s
Doubles pairs and three singles players making the quarter-finals.
Both pairs beat formidable Chinese combinations in the second round. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty got the better of He Jiting and Tan Qiang, 21-13 21-19, before Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy achieved one of the biggest upsets of their career beating 2017 world champions Liu Cheng and Zhang Nan, 21-14 21-16. China suffered a third blow late in the day with the loss of second seeds Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen to Chinese Taipei’s Liao Min Chun/Su Ching Heng.