Swiss Open Badminton: Sindhu in pre-quarters, Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth also advanced
In the men's section, Lakshya Sen and former world number one K Srikanth recorded contrasting wins to move into the second round.
In the men's section, Lakshya Sen and former world number one K Srikanth recorded contrasting wins to move into the second round.
Indian shuttler and Olympic medalist PV Sindhu advanced to the second round of women's competition in the ongoing Swiss Open while Lakshya Sen crashed out of the men's singles competition at Basel on Wednesday.
The Italian Berrettini survived a scare in the second-set tie-break, trailing 1/5 after losing the first set. However, the second seed found his full range just in time, reeling off six consecutive points to clinch the set, before he raced away in the third set to advance after two hours and 16 minutes.
With a 21-19 19-21 22-20 win in a quarter-final match that lasted for one hour and 19 minutes seventh seed Kidambi Srikanth will now face World No.8 Jonatan Christie of Indonesia for a place in the final.
Indian shuttler Sameer Verma dished out a clinical performance to outwit former world no 2 Jan O Jorgensen and clinch…
The mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy also suffered a 19-21 17-21 loss.
The mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy also suffered a 19-21 17-21 loss.
Prannoy and Subhankar advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the men's singles at Swiss Open.
The 24-year-old Keralite beat Germany's David Peng 21-15 21-18 in the opening round.
