Singles stars PV Sindhu and Srikanth Kidambi, men’s doubles pairing Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty entered the semi-finals of the Swiss Open Super 300 tournament with contrasting wins on Friday in Basel.
Olympic silver medallist Sindhu advanced to final four with a straight-game win over Thai Busanan Ongbamrungphan and apart from the later stages of the second game, had the proceedings under control.
Sindhu, who won the historic world championship gold medal at the same venue in 2019, took a minute less than an hour to see off a fighting Busanan, seeded fifth, 21-16, 23-21 to set up a clash with fourth seed Denmark’s fourth seed Mia Blichfeldt. The second seed is yet to drop a game at the tournament and has now extended her head-to-head record against Busanan to an incredible 12-1.
Following Sindhu’s match, Srikanth too posted a straight-games win when he ousted sixth seed Kantaphon Wangcharoen. In what was a rematch of the round of 16 match at this…