The top Indian duo of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy was knocked out of the French Open Super 750 badminton tournament after losing the round of 32 men`s doubles match to Indonesia`s Rahmat Hidayat and Muhammad Rian Ardianto here on Wednesday.
Chirag and Satwiksairaj lost the match 18-21 20-22. However, rising Indian shuttler Unnati Hooda progressed to the pre-quarterfinals of the tournament but Ayush Shetty bowed out in the first round after going down fighting to Japan`s Koki Watanabe in men`s singles.
The 18-year-old Hooda rallied after losing the opening game to beat Malaysia`s Letshanaa Karupathevan 11-21 21-13 21-16 in her women`s singles first round match, but before that, Shetty lost 19-21 19-21 to the seasoned campaigner from Japan.
Anupama Upadhyaya lost to Chna`s Han Yue 15-21 11-21 in the women`s singles opening round match, while Anmol Kharb went down to South Korea`s An Se-young 15-21 9-21 in their round of 32 women`s singles matches.
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