Ayush Shetty, Tanvi Sharma Exit French Open Badminton

Indian shuttlers Ayush Shetty and Tanvi Sharma bowed out in the pre-quarterfinals of their respective events of the USD 950,000 French Open badminton tournament in Paris on Thursday. Taking the court first among the Indians, Tanvi was no match for world No. 1 and top seed An Se Young of South Korea, losing 11-21, 14-21 in a 37-minute women's singles match. Later, Shetty forfeited his match against sixth seed Kodai Naraoka of Japan due to an undisclosed injury while trailing 17-21, 6-11 in a men's singles second round match.

Shetty had earlier defeated compatriot Kidambi Srikanth in the opening round to progress in the tournament.

Later in the day, the double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will take on Riko Gunji of Japan in the second round, while Ashmita Chaliha will be up against third seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in women's singles.

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