Rachael Darragh lost her opening group match in the women singles Badminton at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday.
The Raphoe native who is competing at her first games fell to a 2-games to 1 defeat to Switzerland’s Jenjira Stadelmann.
Darragh won the first game 21-13 but would squander a crucial match point in the second game.
Stadelmann, a bronze medal winner at the European games, won it 22-24 and would take the third and decisive game 15-21.
Rachael’s second game will be on Wednesday afternoon against Spain’s Carolina Marin.
Marin took Gold at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio and also won last year’s European Games..
