Subhankar Dey had an Incredible beginning to his French Open crusade as he enlisted a Success against World No 17 Tommy Sugiarto 15-21, 21-14, 21-17 in the first round of men's singles. In women's singles first-round match, PV Sindhu additionally began well with a simple 21-15, 21-13 win against Michelle Li.
Subhankar Dey, who is ranked 42 in the world, stunned his Indonesian rival Tommy Sugiarto to walk ahead into the second round of the French Open which is being held in Paris. After going down in the first game by 15-21, the Indian shuttler made an incredible comeback to take the following two games 21-14, 21-17 and knock the world no. 17 out of the challenge in a match that went for one hour and 18 minutes.
In the women's singles occasion, it was PV Sindhu who enrolled a decent win to begin the competition on a splendid note. The world no. 6 from India showed signs of improvement of Michelle Li of Canada in straight games. The match went on for 44 minutes with Sindhu advancing into the second round by winning it 21-15, 21-13.
Sindhu had beaten the Canadian in the 2018 Commonwealth Games previously and ruled the counterpart for the whole term of 44 minutes on Tuesday. The Olympic silver-medallist from India will presently take on world no. 26 Yeo Jia Min of Singapore in the second round of the progressing BWF Super 750 competition.
