Paris: Injury withdrawals in men’s badminton at the ongoing Paris Olympics have impacted the group-stage draw for the Indian contingent, but in a contrasting fashion. While Guatemala’s Kevin Cordon’s withdrawal due to elbow injury, left Lakshya Sen in a precarious spot in Group L of the singles draw, after his straight-game win in his Olympic debut was ‘deleted’, for men’s doubles Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, they evaded a similar fate after their opponent’s injury withdrawal today.

The world No. 3 doubles pair was slated to take on Germany’s Mark Lamsfuss and Marvin Seide in their second group game at the Paris Olympics.