Heartbreak for India at Paris Olympics: Badminton Hopes Dashed

India's badminton medal hopes at the Paris Olympics collapsed as Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy were eliminated in the quarterfinals and PV Sindhu was knocked out in the pre-quarterfinals by China's He Bin Jiao. Lakshya Sen is the last Indian standing, advancing to the quarterfinals after defeating HS Prannoy.

India's badminton campaign crumbled at the Paris Olympics with medal contenders Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy wilting under pressure to make a shock quarterfinal exit and PV Sindhu falling to China's He Bin Jiao in the women's singles pre-quarterfinals, here Thursday.

Lakshya Sen was the lone Indian remaining in the medal hunt after emerging winner in an all-Indian contest against an indisposed HS Prannoy.

Satwik and Chirag led 14-11 in the decider but they couldn't deal with the service variations from world number three Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik and made too many mistakes under pressure to make an unexpected exit from the Games.