Basel: Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy made their way to the women’s and men’s finals respectively at the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament here on Saturday. World No. 7 Sindhu prevailed 21-18,15-21, 21-19 over Thailand’s Supanida Katethong in a 79-minute women’s singles semifinal to make her second successive final after Prannoy […]
Basel: World Championships silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth notched up a stunning three-game win over world number three Anders Antonsen of Denmark to progress to the men”s singles semifinals of Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament here. Seventh seed Srikanth, who is playing only his third tournament after recovering from Covid-19, prevailed 21-19,19-21,22-20 over second seed […]
Basel: Four Indian shuttlers, including double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu and World Championships silver winner Kidambi Srikanth, progressed to the quarterfinals of the Swiss Open badminton tournament here on Thursday. While Sindhu, a former world champion, eased into the last 8 with a 21-19,21-14 win over Neslihan Yigit of Turkey, Srikanth staved off a […]
In women's doubles, the Indian pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy registered a comfortable straight games win against local pair of Aline Muller and Jenjira Stadelmann in the opening round.
Jayaram, who currently has a world ranking of 60, beat the 12th ranked Gemke 21-18, 17-21, 21-13 to set up a match against Thai eighth seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn.
Sindhu secured a 21-16, 21-19 win over Yigit in the match to progress to the second round. She started off brilliantly in the first game, taking a 10-5 lead but her opponent managed to end the lead, with scores reading 11-11.
Young prodigies Sai Praneeth, Sourabh Verma and Ajay Jayaram advanced to the second round of the tournament after winning their respective games in the opening round.
