Swiss Open: HS Prannoy’s challenge ends in Swiss Open, Kidambi Srikanth also disappointed
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It turned out to be a bad day for the Indian badminton players as Kidambi Srikanth was the first player to be eliminated on Thursday, losing to Hong Kong’s Cheuk Yiu Lee.
It was a tough fight between 20th ranked Srikanth and 19th ranked Cheuk Yiu Lee. But the Hong Kong player showed composure to win 22-20, 21-17 in the singles pre-quarterfinals. National champion Mithun Manjunath also crashed out in the second round. He was defeated by Chia Hao Lee of Chinese Taipei 21-19 21-10.
On Wednesday night, Prannoy had booked a place in the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals with a win over All England Championship finalist Shi Yu Qi of China in the first round. Meanwhile, Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medalist and seeded fourth here, got off to a flying start to defend her title, defeating Switzerland’s Jenzira Städelmann 21-9 21-16 in the first round of the women’s singles.
Sindhu will face Indonesia’s 20-year-old Putri Kusuma Wardani, who was part of the gold medal-winning team at the 2022 Asia Team Championships. The second seeded men’s pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will face Taiwan’s Fang Chih Li and Fang Zhen Li.
All England Open: Trisa and Gayatri were eliminated by the Korean pair in the semi-finals, Indian players were nervous
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