Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu, in-form Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth put in strong performances to advance to the second round of the Super 300 at the Swiss Open in Basel on Wednesday. Sindhu, who won the championship in 2022, defeated Thailand’s Pornpicha Choeikeewong 21-12 21-13 and met Japan’s Tomoka Miyazaki in the second round. Sen has entered the French Open and All England Championship semi-finals in the past two weeks. He defeated Malaysian player Liang Junhao 21-19 15-21 21-11 in 62 minutes. Next, he will face Chinese Taipei player Li Jiahao.

Srikanth, former world no. The world No. 1, who won the championship in 2015, outsmarted everyone. 24 Chinese Taipei player Wang Ziwei won 21-17 21-18 in 43 minutes. It was his sixth victory in seven meetings with his opponent.

Srikanth, the 2011 World Championship silver medalist, will next face a strong opponent in Malaysia’s top seed Li Zijia.

In women’s doubles, sixth seeds Tanisha Krasto and Ashwini Ponnappa defeated Indonesia’s Melissa Trias Puspitasari 21-18 12-21 21-19. /Rachel Alessia Ross, winning a thrilling opening game.

The world does not. The No. 20 Indian team will next face the Japanese team Rui Hirokami and Yuna Kato.

In another women’s doubles match, Indian pair Priya Koenigbaum/Shruti Mishra defeated Chinese Taipei pair Huang Yuxun/Liang Tingyu 21-13 21-19.

Indian badminton players Teresa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand advanced to the second round of women’s doubles on Tuesday after defeating American pair Annie Xu/Kerry Xu 21-15 21-12 in the first round. .

However, the other three Indian pairs participating in the women’s doubles main draw were eliminated in the first round.

Ashwini Bhat and Shikha Gautam lost 13-21 21-16 14-21 to fourth seeds Yeung Nga Ting and Yeung Pui Lam of Hong Kong, China , while Rutaparna Panda and Swetaparna Panda were eliminated by top seed Apriyani Rahayu with a score of 4-21 6-21 and Indonesia’s Siti Fadia Silva Ramadanti.

Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker were defeated by Indonesia’s Tria Mayasari and Ribuka Suji 17-21 7-21 Ribka Sugiarto was eliminated.

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