Swiss Open: Srikanth, Sourabh enter 2nd round

Basel (Switzerland): India’s Kidambi Srikanth and Sourabh Verma progressed to the second round of the singles event while the men’s doubles pair comprising Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also had a winning start at the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament here.

Srikanth defeated Sourabh’s brother, Sameer, 17-21, 21-18, 21-11 in an hour and one minute in the first round. Sourabh beat Switzerland’s Christian Kirchmayr 21-19, 21-18 in 43 minutes.

The men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty got off to a winning start as they defeated Scotland’s Christopher Grimley and Matthew Grimley 21-18, 19-21, 21-16 in the opening round.

However, H.S. Prannoy bowed out after a three-game defeat to the Netherland’s Mark Caljouw 19-21, 21-9, 17-21 in a match that lasted an hour and two minutes.

The Indian mixed doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy stunned Indonesian second seeded pair Hafiz Faizal and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja.

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