Thirty-nine years ago Vikram Singh Bisht and his partner Partho Ganguli were the last Indian pair to win the French Open badminton title, then known as the French International. It’s no wonder then that Bisht, now 62, sounded excited when mid-day contacted him for a reaction a day after India’s doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwik Rankireddy clinched the French Open doubles title on Sunday.

Maiden Super 750 title

The World No.8 pair of Chirah-Satwik defeated Chinese Taipei’s Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han 21-13, 21-19 to clinch their maiden Super 750 title, and immediately broke into celebration. While Satwik did an impromptu dance, Chirag ran across the court shirtless. The French Open is the Indian pair’s third world tour title, after the 2019 Thailand Open Super 500 and the India Open Super 500 this year.