French Open 2024: Twitter goes berserk as Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty claim first title in 2024

Published at :March 11, 2024 at 12:22 AM

Modified at :April 15, 2024 at 1:57 PM

(Courtesy : Badminton Photo/BAI)

The duo were playing their third consecutive final of 2024

World No. 1 pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty clinched their first BWF World Tour 2024 title at the French Open 2024. The Indian duo achieved victory at the Arena Porte de la Chapelle, the same venue set for the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024, by defeating the unseeded team from Chinese Taipei, Yang Po-Hsuan and Lee Jhe-huei, with scores of 21-11, 21-17.

Despite a track record of three consecutive defeats in their last three finals, the Indian pair excelled in the first set, securing it within just 15 minutes during the men’s doubles final. The Chinese Taipei pair made a notable comeback in the second set, reaching the 11-point mark ahead of their opponents.

Nevertheless, the Indian shuttlers, adorned in their saffron-coloured jerseys, maintained composure in the crucial moments of the second set. They secured their eighth BWF World Tour title in a mere 37 minutes, marking the shortest final of all the matches played on Sunday at the BWF Super 750 tournament. Remarkably, the duo did not lose a single game throughout the tournament.

SatChi continue to win hearts of the sports enthusiasts through their consistent performances

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have now added another accomplishment to their long list of achievements since being paired in 2016. Since then, the ‘Brothers of Destruction’ have collected the men’s doubles titles in the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, and Badminton Asia Championships, and also won the World Championships bronze medal.

As the Paris Olympics approaches, all eyes are on the dynamic duo as they will be one of the prime medal contenders for India in the 2024 Summer Games. Let’s look at the reactions as the duo bagged their second French Open title, having first achieved it in 2022:

SatChi mein aag laga di! 🔥 suppa stuff from the duo 🙌 #FrenchOpen2024 https://t.co/ZQMXYQLASr
— Joydeep Karmakar OLY (@Joydeep709) March 10, 2024

#FrenchOpenSuper750 #FrenchOpen2024 Title 🏆 SatChi in Paris! 🔥Finalists 2019, a breakthrough event.Winners 2022, establishing themselves as one of the best.Winners 2024, reiterating that they are the best men's doubles pair in the world right now.https://t.co/k33Tn7PtCq pic.twitter.com/0gHB2Kvqtx
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) March 10, 2024

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Four finals in last four tournaments, with a title finally, is a remarkable achievement in this tightly contested MD. What is even more mind boggling is outside of the previous three finals, SatChi have lost a total of one game in 17 matches over these tournaments. ONE!!
— Vaibhav Manocha (@BeingMinchu) March 10, 2024

Well, Lee & Yang came out all guns blazing for the 2nd game, which meant #SatChi cudnt quite dominate the mid-game, so instead they dominated the end game!! 😆😆💪🏾💪🏾👏🏾👏🏾French Open Champions!!! 🏆🏆Absolute Fire 🧨🧨🔥🔥💥💥🥳🥳🇮🇳🇮🇳 https://t.co/u8xc0GeJ1L
— Kapil Choudhary (@kapil857) March 10, 2024

satchi claiming their 2nd french open s750 title 🥇 pic.twitter.com/lw5EeY9GEx
— ❦ (@riebum) March 10, 2024

SATCHI are scripting history in Indian badminton, have never seen any player be this consistent in the world tour, not even Sindhu/Saina at their peak. They deserve the Olympic gold 🥇
— Bollywood Central (@bollywcentral) March 10, 2024

SATWIK/CHIRAG ARE THE FRENCH OPEN S750 CHAMPIONS!!🏆Satchi finally breaks their loosing streak in their 4th consecutive finals. Beats Lee/Yang in straight games to claim their 2nd ever French open title,1st title of 2024.An epitome of consistency❤️#FrenchOpen2024 pic.twitter.com/7QZhvXEfQg
— Rambo (@monster_zero123) March 10, 2024

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty – SatchiAsian Games 2023 🥇Asian Championship 2023 🥇Commonwealth Games 2022 🥇World Tour Super 500 > titles(2 French, 1 Indonesia, 1 India, 1 Korea & 1 Thailand) 🏆World No 1 (100k points) 🥇Thomas Cup 🏆Olympics 2024 (France) ? pic.twitter.com/EGSZy3IHzq
— Naresh (@NameisNareshh) March 10, 2024

Deserved after back to back silvers in 2024
— 🏸 (@badminton_22) March 10, 2024

Shortest finale of the day .. Overpowered #SATCHI 👏👏🎉🎉🎉🎉
— chiya (@chiyuuuu5) March 10, 2024

World number ones for a reason
— 🏸 (@badminton_22) March 10, 2024

Earlier, they progressed to the finals of the French Open 2024 after getting past the reigning World Championships Kang Min Hyuk and Seo Seung Jae in straight sets by 21-13, 21-16 in the semi-finals.

Meanwhile, Shi Yuqi and An Se Young became the men’s and women’s singles champions at the French Open 2024. Chen Qing Chen/ Jia Yi Fan, and Feng Yan Zhe/Huang Dong Ping, won the women’s and mixed doubles titles respectively.

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