All eyes on Sat-Chi at Hylo Open

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Newly-crowned French Open champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will look to carry on the momentum when they begin their campaign at the Hylo Open Super 300 badminton tournament, here on Tuesday.

The World No.8 pair has been in sensational form this season and will look to add another title to its cabinet when the third seeded duo opens its campaign against Chinese Taipei's Lee Yang and Lu Chen.

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Top seeds Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan are also in their half of the draw but the Indian pair will take confidence from its win over the same opponents on way to the semi-finals at Paris last week.

Among other Indians, Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth will compete in the singles competition of the USD 180,000 tournament, which was first held in 1988.

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