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Sindhu beats Thailand’s Busanan to win Swiss Open

Ranked seventh in the badminton world rankings, Sindhu went into the final with a 15-1 head-to-head record over world No 11 Ongramrungphan…reports Asian Lite News

Ace Indian shuttler P.V Sindhu clinched the women’s singles title in the 2022 Swiss Open, beating Thailand’s Busanan Ongramrungphan in the final at the St Jakobshalle arena, here on Sunday.

Double Olympic medallist Sindhu registered a 21-16, 21-8 win over Ongramrungphan in 49 minutes to claim the Super 300 crown. This was her second title of the year after winning the Syed Modi International in January.

Ranked seventh in the badminton world rankings, Sindhu went into the final with a 15-1 head-to-head record over world No 11 Ongramrungphan.

The match ebbed and flowed in the early exchanges, with both shuttlers fighting for every point. While the Indian ace relied on her big smashes, Busanan was effective with her perfectly placed cross-court shots, especially near the net.

The first mid-game break saw Sindhu take a narrow two-point lead. She managed to break away late into the opening game after the Thai made a series of unforced errors.

However, the second game was in complete contrast to the first, with Sindhu racing to a big 11-2 lead. Busanan provided little resistance in the remainder of the game as Sindhu clinched the title with ease.

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Swiss Open: India’s top shuttlers in quarter-finals

With Kashyap too reaching the last-eight stage, India are assured of a place in the semi-finals as Kashyap, the former Commonwealth Games medallist, is set to meet Prannoy in the quarter-finals…reports Asian Lite News

Top Indian singles players Kidambi Srikanth, World Championships silver medallist, and H.S Prannoy advanced to the quarter-finals with hard-fought wins while Parupalli Kashyap too made it after World No 1 and Olympic Champion Viktor Axelsen gave a walkover in the Swiss Open badminton championship here on Thursday.

World N.o 12 Srikanth, seeded 7th here, got the better of Christo Popov of France in three games, fighting back after losing the first game to win 13-21, 25-23, 21-11. Prannoy too came back from a game down to overcome Kalle Koljonen of Finland, winning 19-21, 21-13, 21-9 in four minutes less than an hour in the USD 180,000 prize money event at St. Jakobshalle, Basel.

With Kashyap too reaching the last-eight stage, India are assured of a place in the semi-finals as Kashyap, the former Commonwealth Games medallist, is set to meet Prannoy in the quarter-finals.

Former World Champion PV Sindhu, the second seed here, too advanced to the women’s singles quarterfinals by beating Yigit Neslihan of Turkey 21-19, 21-14 in 42 minutes.

Young Indian shuttler Ashmita Chaliha exited the event, losing 18-21, 20-22 in a hard-fought encounter to eighth-seed Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland.

India’s top men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, the third seeds, were upset by Pramudya Kusumawardana and Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Rambitan of Indonesia in a pre-quarterfinal clash, losing 19-21, 20-22 after their attempt to fight back in the game were thwarted by their rivals.

Srikanth fell behind in the first game as Popov surged ahead from 2-2 to 4-2 and then to 11-4 to take a big lead. The 29-year-old ranked 12th in the World, fought back to reduce the score to 8-11. But the French shuttler could not be denied as he kept winning points to win the first game 21-13.

In the second game. Srikanth fought valiantly with his French rival as scores went neck-and-neck as the lead changed hands many times before eventually winning it 25-23 saving two game points.

In the third game, Srikanth took lead from 3-3 to 11-9 before surging ahead to an 18-9 lead and eventually won it 21-11 to win the match in one hour and 13 minutes.

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