PV Sindhu was among the Indian players to book their places in the quarter-finals of Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament in Basel on Thursday as she eased past her opponent in straight games while Satwiksairaj Rankireddy progressed to the last eight in both men’s and mixed doubles.
Former world No 1 Kidambi Srikanth, seeded fourth at the event, needed three games but ultimately made short work of his opponent. The mixed doubles pair of Satwik and Ashwini Ponnappa continued to impress while second seeds Satwik and Chirag Shetty were made to work in men’s doubles.
Fifth seed Sai Praneeth made short work of Spain’s Pablo Abian to win 21-12, 21-17 and set up a quarter-final against rising Malaysian star Lee Zii Jia, seeded second at the tournament.
While the seeded Indian singles stars registered contrasting but ultimately comfortable wins, the biggest result of the day was Ajay’s win over third seed Rasmus Gemke from Denmark.
After beating Sitthikom Thammasin…