Swiss Open Badminton: Sindhu, Prannoy In Semis, Kashyap, Sameer Verma Make Exit

Swiss Open badminton: Sindhu, Prannoy in semis, Kashyap, Sameer Verma make exit

Basel, March 25 : India’s two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and compatriot H.S Prannoy stormed into their respective women’s and men’s singles semi-finals at the Swiss Open here while the women’s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy made its exit from the World Tour Super 200 event on Friday.

 Swiss Open Badminton: Sindhu, Prannoy In Semis, Kashyap, Sameer Verma Make Exit-TeluguStop.com

Sindhu, who had made an early exit from the prestigious All England Open last week, made up for that disappointment by reaching the last-four stage here, beating Canada’s Michelle Li in a quarter-final encounter that lasted 36 minutes.Prannoy had to spend a few more minutes on the court as he got the better of compatriot Parupalli Kashyap, winning 21-16, 21-16 in 43 minutes in the event with prize money of USD 180,000 being played at St.Jakobshalle Basel.

India suffered a setback when Sameer Verma lost to third seed Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia in straight games, 21-17, 21-14.

The women’s doubles combine of Ashwini and Sikki went down 20-22, 21-23 in a hard-fought encounter to Malaysia’s Vivian Hoo and Lim Chiew Sien in an encounter that lasted nearly an hour.

In the quarter-final clash with Michelle Li, two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu jumped to a big lead from 3-3 to 10-3 after winning six successive points.

He extended the lead to 17-7 before going on to win the first games 21-10.

The Canadian player fought back in the second game as took an early lead and though Sindhu with her at 4-4 and took lead, Michelle remained on her heels and came close to catching up with her at 10-9 before finally managing to level scores at 16-16.

The lead changed hands a couple of times before the Indian shuttler won the game 21-19 to seal the victory.

In the all-Indian quarter-final between Prannoy and Kashyap, the two players went neck-and-neck till 14-all in the first game before Prannoy emerged winner 21-16.

In the second game, Prannoy took an early lead and though Kashyap tried to close the gap, Prannoy emerged 21-16 winner in the second game too to seal a place in the last-four encounter.

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