Swiss Open Badminton: Kidambi Srikanth brushes Mads Christophersen- Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Wednesday stormed into the second round of the Swiss Open here at St. Jakobshalle, Basel. Follow Swiss Open Badminton updates on Insidesport.IN
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Playing in court 1, Srikanth defeated Denmark’s Mads Christophersen in straight games 21-16, 21-17, in a match that lasted 32 minutes. However, Shuttler Malvika Bansod lost in her women’s singles clash against France’s Qi Xuefei. Bansod lost 21-16, 21-17 in a match that lasted for 42 minutes.
Swiss Open Badminton: Kidambi Srikanth brushes aside Denmark’s Mads Christophersen, advances to second round
Earlier, the Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won the first-round clash against the Indonesian pair of Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana 17-21, 21-11, 21-18. The match lasted 57 minutes.
Mixed doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Sumeeth Reddy were defeated by fifth seeds Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue of France in straight-sets 13-21, 9-21 in 33 minutes.
Later in the day, Indian pair of Treesa Jolly, Gayatri Gopichand will face Thailand’s Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai.
Swiss Open Badminton: Kidambi Srikanth brushes aside Denmark’s Mads Christophersen, advances to second round
