Swiss Open: Kidambi Srikanth Shows HS Prannoy Exit Door, Shankar Subramanian Downs Magnus Joahnnsen

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Srikanth got the better of compatriot HS Prannoy in a hard-fought 23-21 23-21 win in the second round of the event in Basel on Wednesday, while Subramanian put it past Joahnnsen 21-5 21-16 in just 38 minutes.

Kidambi Srikanth. (X)
Kidambi Srikanth. (X)

Kidambi Srikanth beat compatriot HS Prannoy in two hard-fought games to enter the men’s singles second round of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament on Wednesday.

The world No. 49 Srikanth, who won 23-21 23-21, was better at crucial points against world No. 28 Prannoy in both games as the contest lasted 48 minutes.

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    Srikanth now enjoys a 7-3 head-to-head record against Prannoy in international competitions.

    In another men’s singles match, world No. 64 Shankar Subramanian beat Magnus Joahnnsen 21-5 21-16 in just 38 minutes.

    In another all-India affair at the St Jakobshalle Indoor arena, unfancied Isharani Barua, ranked 78th in BWF list, upset fellow Indian Aakarshi Kashyap in a first-round women’s singles match that lasted 68 minutes.

    Isharani won 18-21 21-17 22-20 to enter the second round of the USD 250,000 event.

    However, some of the other Indians in the fray lost their respective opening-round games.

    Malvika Bansod lost her women’s singles match to world No. 20 Michelle Li of Canada 22-20 14-21 19-21. Line Christophersen of Denmark beat Rakshitha Ramraj 21-11 21-17.

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      In the men’s singles, Kenta Nishimoto, the world No. 13 from Japan, beat Ayush Shetty 21-15 21-19.

      In the mixed doubles, Asith Surya and Amrutha Pramuthesh lost 10-21 9-21 to Yi Jun Zhu and Chi Zhang of China.

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