Satwik, Chirag can beat any rival: Coach Boe
Hindustan TimesLanding in Paris on Monday afternoon, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty excitedly explored the Games Village, which will be their home for the next couple of weeks for their second Olympics. Unlike Tokyo though the world No.3 men’s doubles pair will enter the Porte de la Chapelle Arena – venue for the badminton competition in Paris – this weekend as one of India’s brightest medal prospects, even a possible gold. That’s the advantage we have, of being us, that we can actually trust and have the confidence that we are the best pair,” their coach Mathias Boe said. I feel Satwik and Chirag are, if not the strongest, then at least among the top 3 of the strongest pairs in the world.” Third seeds Rankireddy and Shetty were handed a favourable draw a week back, placed in Group C with Indonesia’s reigning All England champions Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto, German world No.31 Mark Lamsfuss/Marvin Seidel and Frenchmen Ronan Labar/Lucas Corvee, the world No.46. We had to pull out of a few tournaments, otherwise we would have been higher than No.3,” said Denmark’s Boe, who won an Olympic doubles silver in 2012 London.
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