Swiss Open 2023

World no. 4 and tournament second seed Zii Jia had been drawn against Li prior to the latter winning All England, and had to dig deep to win on Wednesday to ...

Lee actually opened up a lead of three in the decider at 14–11 but found himself repeatedly pegged back by Li, who forced the game beyond its usual 21 points. 4 and tournament second seed Zii Jia had been drawn against Li prior to the latter winning All England, and had to dig deep to win on Wednesday to the world no. It was Li who took the upper hand in a tight, closely-fought contest that went the distance, which saw both players trade the lead in all three games.

The eighth seeded Sen looked a pale shadow of himself as he failed to match the level of his rival, losing 18-21 11-21 to bow out of the men's singles ...

Later in the evening, two-time Olympic medallist and fourth seed PV Sindhu will open her women's singles campaign against Jenjira Stadelmann of Switzerland, while fifth seeded men's singles shuttler H S Prannoy will be up against China's Shi Yu Qi. But the celebrated men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty meant business as the second seeded India pair defeated Malaysian combination of Xin Yuan Boon and Tien Ci Wong 21-15 21-18 to book their place in the pre-quarterfinals. The eighth seeded Sen looked a pale shadow of himself as he failed to match the level of his rival, losing 18-21 11-21 to bow out of the men's singles competition.

Swiss Open Badminton LIVE: PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, Mithun Manjunath to play in second round at Swiss Open 2023 - Follow LIVE updates.

In the Women’s Singles, PV Sindhu and Putri Kusuma Wardhini will face each other in the second round. Fourth seed Sindhu enters as the favourite against unseeded Putri Kusuma Wardhini in the second round. Manjunath defeated qualifier Joran Kweekel in straight sets in the first round. He faces qualifier Lee Chiao Hao in the second round. Yiu defeated Lakshya Sen in straight games in the first round. Swiss Open Badminton LIVE: PV Sindhu aims to seal spot in the quarterfinal of the Swiss Open 2023.

The Indian women's double pair of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly crashed out in the first round while Malvika Bansod qualified for the women's singles ...

In other results, the men's doubles pair of Rohan Kapoor and Sumeeth B Reddy crashed out in the qualifiers after losing 15-21, 20-22 to Malaysia's Boon Xin Yuan-Wong Tien Ci. In the men's singles qualifiers, Meiraba Luwang Maisnam and Priyanshu Rajawat failed to qualify for the main draw. On the other hand, Malvika Bansod beat USA's Lauren Lam 21-17, 21-7 in the women's singles qualifiers to advance to the main draw.

Defending champion PV Sindhu made it into the second round of the Swiss Open 2023 with a straight games win over Jenjira Stadelmann on Wednesday.

Lee will now take on Srikkanth in the second round. The second game saw the wildcard entry Stadelmann make a terrific start. Soon after the break, Sindhu won four points on the trot to make it 15-6 and to be in firm control of the game.

Lagatar24 Desk. New Delhi, March 23: P V Sindhu started off her title defence with a straightforward victory against local wildcard Jenjira Stadelmann on ...

In the second round, the second-seeded Indian team will compete against Chinese Taipei’s Fang-Chih Lee and Fang-Jen Lee. Prannoy will face Frenchman Christo Popov, who defeated Kiran George 21-14, 21-15, in the second round. This is the first time this season that Sindhu has advanced to the second round of an individual tournament.

Indian badminton players HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth won in the men's singles while Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty sailed through in doubles.

Reddy also lost her mixed doubles match, partnering Rohan Kapoor. He will face Chia Hao Lee of Chinese Taipei next. [PV Sindhu](https://olympics.com/en/news/pv-sindhu-best-career-matches-indian-badminton-player) advanced to the second round in women’s doubles while [Lakshya Sen](https://olympics.com/en/news/lakshya-sen-badminton-achievements) crashed out of the men’s singles competition at the Swiss Open 2023 in Basel on Wednesday.