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Lakshya Sen Makes First Round Exit; Kidambi Srikanth, Mithun Manjunath Progress In Swiss Open

Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen's woeful run continued as he made a first round exit at the Swiss Open badminton tournament, even as senior compatriot Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the next round of the BWF World Tour Super 300 event, here on Wednesday. The 2021 World Championships silver medallist Srikanth had to dig deep to get the better of China's Weng Hong Yang 21-16 15-21 21-18 to set up a second round clash against Hong Kong's Cheuk Yiu Lee, who dashed the hopes of world No.12 Sen. The eighth seeded Sen looked a pale shadow of himself as he failed to match the level of his rival, losing 18-21 11-21 to bow out of the men's singles competition.

HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth Exit Swiss Open In Second Round

World No. 9 and fifth seed H S Prannoy made a stunning second-round exit from the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament after losing in straight games against unseeded Christo Popov of France on Thursday. Prannoy, favourite coming into the contest, looked a pale shadow of himself in front of world No. 40 Popov as he failed to give any fight, losing 8-21, 8-21 to bow out of the men's singles event. It turned out to be a bad in office for Indian shuttlers as Kidambi Srikanth was the first to crash out on Thursday, losing to Hong Kong's Cheuk Yiu Lee.

PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy Advance To Pre-quarterfinals Of Swiss Open

Star Indian shuttler HS Prannoy beat All England Championships finalist Shi Yu Qi of China to storm into the men's singles pre-quarterfinals at the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament in Basel. World number 9 Prannoy continued his good run as he recovered from a second game slump to notch up a 21-17 19-21 21-17 win over Shi Yu Qi, who is a 2018 world championships silver medallist, in the men's singles opening round. Two-time Olympic medallist and fourth seed PV Sindhu too made a positive start to her title defence, beating Jenjira Stadelmann of Switzerland 21-9 21-16 in a lop-sided opening round of women's singles.

Lakshya Sen Slumps To No. 25 In World Badminton Rankings

Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen slipped six places to move out of the world top 20 in the latest men's singles rankings issued by BWF on Tuesday. Following his second round exit from the All England Championship, Sen slumped to the 25th spot. The 21-year-old, who had reached a career-best world no. 6 in November last year, hasn't been in the best of form, having made early exits from Malaysia Open, India Open and German Open.

Lakshya Sen Makes First Round Exit; Kidambi Srikanth, Mithun Manjunath Progress In Swiss Open

Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen's woeful run continued as he made a first round exit at the Swiss Open badminton tournament, even as senior compatriot Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the next round of the BWF World Tour Super 300 event, here on Wednesday. The 2021 World Championships silver medallist Srikanth had to dig deep to get the better of China's Weng Hong Yang 21-16 15-21 21-18 to set up a second round clash against Hong Kong's Cheuk Yiu Lee, who dashed the hopes of world No.12 Sen. The eighth seeded Sen looked a pale shadow of himself as he failed to match the level of his rival, losing 18-21 11-21 to bow out of the men's singles competition.

Swiss Open: Title holder PV Sindhu Eyes Turnaround

Enduring a wretched run of form, defending champion PV Sindhu will hope to get back to winning ways when she competes at the Swiss Open Super 300 tournament, beginning in Basel on Tuesday. World number 9 HS Prannoy, who had finished runners-up in the last edition, too will eye a better show after a second round exit in the All England Championships. The fifth seeded Indian, however, will have a tough task at hand as he opens against 2018 world championships silver medallist China's Shi Yuqi, who finished second best in Birmingham last week.

Lakshya Sen Slumps To No. 25 In World Badminton Rankings

Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen slipped six places to move out of the world top 20 in the latest men's singles rankings issued by BWF on Tuesday. Following his second round exit from the All England Championship, Sen slumped to the 25th spot. The 21-year-old, who had reached a career-best world no. 6 in November last year, hasn't been in the best of form, having made early exits from Malaysia Open, India Open and German Open.

South Korea's An bags women's title at All England Open

BIRMINGHAM, England: South Korea's An Se Young smashed her way to the women's singles title at the All England Open badminton championships on Sunday (Mar 19), beating Tokyo 2020 Olympics gold medallist Chen Yu Fei of China.

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Lakshya Sen Makes First Round Exit; Kidambi Srikanth, Mithun Manjunath Progress In Swiss Open

HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth Exit Swiss Open In Second Round

PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy Advance To Pre-quarterfinals Of Swiss Open

Lakshya Sen Slumps To No. 25 In World Badminton Rankings

Lakshya Sen Makes First Round Exit; Kidambi Srikanth, Mithun Manjunath Progress In Swiss Open

Swiss Open: Title holder PV Sindhu Eyes Turnaround

Lakshya Sen Slumps To No. 25 In World Badminton Rankings

South Korea's An bags women's title at All England Open