On Wednesday, Saina Nehwal lost 16-21, 21-17, 21-23 to Phittayaporn Chaiwan of Thailand in the first round.
PV Sindhu
Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu and former champion Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the quarter-finals along with two other Indians at the Swiss Open badminton tournament here on Thursday.
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On Wednesday, Saina Nehwal lost 16-21, 21-17, 21-23 to Phittayaporn Chaiwan of Thailand in the first round. While Sindhu and Srikanth had contrasting wins, Ajay Jayaram and B Sai Praneeth too dished out superlative performances to make it to the Last 8.
Sindhu defeated USA’s Iris Wang 21-13, 21-14 while Srikanth notched up a 21-10, 14-21, 21-14 victory over Thomas Rouxel of France in their respective Round 1 matches. Jayaram eked out a hard-fought 21-18, 17-21 21-13 against Dane Rasmus Gemke. Praneeth saw off Spain’s Pablo Abian 21-12, 21-17 to join others in Last 8.
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