12.15 am: It’s been a tremendous year for Satwik-Chirag and they have added their first ever Super 750 title to the list of other firsts they have achieve this year. Stay tuned for more badminton coverage on our page but that’s it for this Sunday. A silver in Santander at the BWF Junior Worlds for Sankar, the title in Paris for SATWIK-CHIRAG.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 21-13, 21-19 Lu/Yang: Here’s a look at how the second game unfolded.

A replug:

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 21-13, 21-19 Lu/Yang: VICTORY! The Indians have done it. It was about time they were going to win this tournament, given their past record. Satwik-Chirag add a Super 750 title to their name now, with a fine run. Lovely celebration by Satwik in the end.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 21-13, 20-19 Lu/Yang: what a time to get your rhythm going again. Best point the Indians have played in a while. Satwik wins it with a smash, match point here.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 21-13, 19-19 Lu/Yang: How did he miss that. Yang had the point on his racket but sends the shuttle wide from the net.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 21-13, 18-19 Lu/Yang: Huge slice of luck for Chirag! Net cord and shuttle falls right next to the net.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 21-13, 17-19 Lu/Yang: Some turnaround this! WOW. Yang with a booming smash.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 21-13, 17-18 Lu/Yang: Satwik with an error now on the forehand. A lead for the TPE pair!

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 21-13, 17-17 Lu/Yang: Yikes, service error (short) from Chirag. More roaring from Yang.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 21-13, 16-15 Lu/Yang: Yang is now roaring middle of the rallies. That’s... interesting. Chirag with a solid play at net to get the serve back.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 21-13, 15-15 Lu/Yang: Yang is perhaps the best player on court right now. HE was the one patting Lu on the back at the break. And he has taken over since.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 21-13, 14-14 Lu/Yang: A sustained roar from the TPE side as Chirag looks to have hit one long. The Indians review... and it is out by the smallest of margins.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 21-13, 14-13 Lu/Yang: A couple errors from Chirag. Back to one point this.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 21-13, 14-11 Lu/Yang: Another rally the TPE pair was dominating but Lu crashes into the service measurement thingy and the net mid-point and is called fault.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 21-13, 13-11 Lu/Yang: A service error from Lu when all the momentum was with them.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 21-13, 12-10 Lu/Yang: The lead is down to 2. The TPE pair have wind in their sails!

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 21-13, 11-8 Lu/Yang: There you go, some energy from the TPE pair. Yang pumped up, more vocal aggression from the TPE duo and the gap closes.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 21-13, 11-5 Lu/Yang: Some chants of ‘India, India’ in Paris. A big lead again for the Indians at the break and the shoulders are dropping a little for the TPE pair. They are not quite able to live up to the heat from the Indian’s attack. As Steen mentioned, both Chirag and Satwik can attack at will and it is tough to deal with them when they get going.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 21-13, 8-4 Lu/Yang: Satwik is taking this over at the moment. Superb smash from the youngster, at the end of a fast flat rally.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 21-13, 6-4 Lu/Yang: Service fault for height called on Satwik. Again.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 21-13, 6-3 Lu/Yang: Lovely! What a smash from Satwik. Actually he has sliced that a little and it dips viciously on Lu.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 21-13, 3-3 Lu/Yang: Like towards the end of the first game, it is a much more even contest here at the start of second. Tactically, Mathias Boe just reinforcing what the Indian duo are doing. Lu/Yang do have another gear or two left though, the Indians need to be alert.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 21-13 Lu/Yang: Like he often does, Satwik with a flick serve on game point, and Chirag kills it on the third shot. Sums up how efficient the Indians have been so far.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 20-13 Lu/Yang: Terrific flat exchange and it is 7 game points for the Indians.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 19-11 Lu/Yang: That’s a soft error from Yang on serve.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 17-11 Lu/Yang: The nerves are out of the way, for sure. Super smash from Lu,

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 17-9 Lu/Yang: Lovely rally again. The slow start for TPE apart, it’s been a fun contest.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 16-8 Lu/Yang: Much better contest at the moment. Satwik sets up a nice rally with a smash, Chirag kills it at the net. Best 1-2 we have seen so far, Chirag with a momentary delay before smashing it superbly.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 15-8 Lu/Yang: A bit of to-and-fro at the moment. The Indians get the serve after a nice flat exchange.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 14-7 Lu/Yang: Rare piece of indecisive play by the Indians, as Satwik decides last moment to take the shuttle at the back court. Doesn’t cost the Indians much, service goes long next up.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 13-6 Lu/Yang: Relentless attack from Chirag and he gets the rally going his way eventually. Moving better too after limping a bit earlier.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 11-5 Lu/Yang: A big lead for the Indians at the interval and Mathias Boe actually had not much to say other than keep going.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 10-5 Lu/Yang: OUCH! Chirag hit his own leg with his racket. That’s got to hurt. A mini revival for Lu/Yang, they are now more pumped up, trying to fire themselves up.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 8-2 Lu/Yang: There is the service fault for the Indians. Satwik this time. But at this big a lead, perhaps no better time to make it.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag 5-0 Lu/Yang: The commentators reckon the TPE pair are a bit nervous... given it’s their first Super 750 level final and all that. The Indians do have much more big-match experience. Going by the early rallies, nerves for TPE indeed. But might not last long.

Men’s doubles final, Satwik/Chirag vs Lu/Yang: It’s been one heck of a run for the TPE pair, their first real breakthrough at this level. Neither of them are young per se, but they have never reached a final of an event beyond the Super 300 level in nearly four years.

Men’s doubles final, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty vs Lu Ching Yao / Yang Po Han: The TPE pair has been around for a long time but this is their first final at this level. For the Indians, the 7th seeds, their second Super 750 final and both here in Paris.

Coming up, men’s doubles final

Hello and welcome to live coverage of the French Open Super 750 badminton tournament in Paris.

The seventh seeded pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be competing in their second French Open final, and they’ll be the team to beat having gotten the better of top seeds top seeds Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi in the quarterfinal. They take on the unseeded pair from Chinese Taipei, of Lu Ching Yao Lu and Yang Po Han. It will the pairs’ first meeting on tour. And it is set to be a cracking contest.

Can the Indian duo win their second World Tour title of the year after their India Open triumph?

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