With the French Open Badminton 2024 starting off today, Tuesday (March 5) at the Adidas Arena in Paris, France, check out all the details of the event below along with the schedule and live stream telecast in India
Notably, senior Indian shuttlers will be aiming to secure Paris Olympics spots at the upcoming competition.
French Open Badminton 2024 schedule, date, time table, draw, live stream telecast where to watch in India
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BWF World Tour is in France this week!
French Open 2024 (BWF 750) ๐ซ๐ท
5-10 Mar ๐
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This yearโs French Open, or the French Open Super Series 750, marks the 94th edition ever since its inception in 1909. It is also the sixth tournament on this yearโs BWF World Tour calendar.
French Open Badminton 2024 Indian shuttlers
The upcoming tournament will feature a total of 64 singles players and 96 doubles teams from across different countries. Team India will feature 5 singles players and 2 doubles pairs at the BWF Super 750 tournament. These includes:
Singles
- PV Sindhu
- Lakshya Sen
- Kidambi Srikanth
- Priyanshu Rajawat
- HS Prannoy
Doubles
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty
- Dhruv Kapila-MR Arjun
- Treesa Jolly-Gayathri Gopichand
- Tanisha Crasto-Ashwini Ponnappa
Meanwhile, the tournament will have Viktor Axelsen, An Se Young, Satwik-Chirag, Chen Qingchen-ia Yifan, and Zheng Siwei-Huang Yaqiong as the top seeds in their respective categories.
French Open 2024 Badminton dates and start timings
Given below are the round-wise dates and start times:
| Rounds | Dates | Start timings |
| First Round | Tuesday, March 5, 2024 | 2:30 PM IST |
| Wednesday, March 6, 2024 | 2:30 PM IST | |
| Second Round | Thursday, March 7, 2024 | |
| Quarterfinals | Friday, March 8, 2024 | |
| Semifinals | Saturday, March 9, 2024 | |
| Finals | Sunday, March 10, 2024 |
French Open Badminton 2024 Indian shuttlers schedule
Given below is the schedule for the Indian shuttlers
Singles
Indian Menโs Singles First Round
| Fixture | Date and time | Court |
| Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty vs Ong Yew Sin & Teo Ee Yi (Malaysia) | 2:30 PM IST on March 5 | Court 2 |
| Kidambi Srikanth vs Chou Tien-chen (Chinese Taipei) | ||
| Lakshya Sen vs Kanta Tsuneyama (Japan) | Not before 5:30 PM IST on March 5 | Court 1 |
| Priyanshu Rajawat vs Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) | After 7 PM IST on March 5 | Court 2 |
| HS Prannoy vs Lu Guang Zu (China) |
Indian Womenโs Singles First Round
PV Sindhu vs Michelle Li (Canada)
Doubles
Indian Men’s Doubles First Round
| Fixture | Time | Court |
| Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty vs Ong Yew Sin & Teo Ee Yi (Malaysia) | 2:30 PM IST on March 5 | Court 2 |
Indian Womenโs Doubles First Round
| Fixture | Time | Court |
| Treesa Jolly & Gayathri Gopichand vs Tanisha Crasto & Ashwini Ponnapa | 2:30 PM IST on March 5 | Court 1 |
French Open 2024 how to watch live
As of now, there is no official information about the live telecast of the tournament in India. However, Sports 18 generally provides the live broadcast in India for BWF tournaments. Fans can watch all the live action across all courts on BWF TV YouTube Channel as well as on JioCinema.