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French Open 2023 Badminton: Indian shuttlers including the likes of two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and defending champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty will be in action at the French Open 2023 badminton tournament.

The star duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty will be kicking off India's campaign in Rennes starting on Tuesday.

The French Open 2023 tournament, which will be played on the badminton courts of the Glaz Arena, will have all the matches being live streamed in India.

The French Open 2023 tournament, which is a BWF Super 750 event, will have its results counted towards the qualifying rankings for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

 

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After a disappointing 2023 season PV Sindhu, who started with three successive first-round defeats, was seen making a promising improvement, showing great signs as the 2019 world hampion made it to the semi-finals in the previous two BWF events – the Arctic Open and the Denmark Open.

PV Sindhu will be the only Indian competing in the women’s singles event in Rennes.

World No. 1 men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are the defending champions in men’s doubles. They had a great outing in the recently concluded Asian Games 2023 in China as they ended up winning a gold medal in men's doubles to contribute to India's historic campaign.

They will be aiming for more success after missing out on the Denmark Open.

Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen and former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth will lead India’s challenge in men’s singles in the absence of the injured HS Prannoy.

While India will not be competing in the mixed doubles, Rutuparna Panda-Swetaparna Panda will be putting up the challenges in the women’s doubles category.

 

How to watch French Open 2023 badminton live in India?

The French Open 2023 badminton matches will not be telecasted live on Television in India. However, the live streaming of the tournament will be available on the Badminton World Federation’s official YouTube channel BWF TV

 

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French Open 2023 badminton: India squad

Men’s singles: Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth

Women’s singles: PV Sindhu

Men’s doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty

Women’s doubles: Rutuparna Panda-Swetaparna Panda