Back in Basel after her 2019 World Championship gold, PV Sindhu reached her first final of a BWF Tour event since as she entered the summit clash at the Swiss Open Super 300 event on Saturday. She will face top seed Carolina Marin.
However, Sindhu will be the sole Indian interest on Sunday. Srikanth Kidambi’s run ended in the final four when he lost in straight games against top seed Viktor Axelsen. Men’s doubles second seeds Satwiksairaj Ranikreddy and Chirag Shetty lost against Kim Astrup and Anders Rasmussen, also in straight games.
This tournament is the first on the BWF calendar in the restructure Olympic qualification schedule that extends to mid-June this year.
Sindhu pulled off a straight-games semi-final win against Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt, beating the fourth seed 22-20, 21-10 in 43 minutes to avenge her first-round loss to the world No 12 at the Yonex Thailand Open in January.
This is Sindhu’s first final appearance since the World championships in…