In the Swiss Open Badminton tournament, Indian stars H S Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth will spearhead the Indian challenge, starting in Swiss city of Basel today after two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu gave a miss as she recovers from the three-day ordeal in Dubai.
In men’s singles, Srikanth, who reached two finals last year at the Malaysia Masters and Syed Modi International, will open against Hong Kong’s Jason Gunawan tomorrow. Prannoy, the 2023 World Championships bronze medallist and Asian Games bronze winner, will take on Japan’s Koki Watanabe. Tharun Mannepalli will face another Japanese player Kenta Nishimoto, while Ayush Shetty will take on Canada’s Brian Yang. Kiran George will meet Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew in another opening round clash.
In men’s doubles, world No. 4 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will face Singapore’s Eng Keat Wesley Koh and Junsuke Kubo. The men’s doubles pair of Hariharan Amsakarunan and M R Arjun will take on Chinese Taipei’s Chen Zhi Ray and Lin Yu Chieh.
In the absence of Sindhu, Unnati Hooda will face Chinese Taipei’s Chiu Pin-Chian, while Malvika Bansod will take on Thailand’s Pornpawee Chochuwong in women’s singles.
In women’s doubles, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela will face Hu Ling Fang and Zheng Yu Chieh of Chinese Taipei.
In mixed doubles, Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto will take on Denmark’s Jesper Toft and Amalie Magelund, while Rohan Kapoor and Gadde Ruthvika will face Thailand’s Ruttanapak Oupthong and Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat.
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