Badminton: Lakshya Sen & P.V. Sindhu to begin campaign on opening day of Swiss Open Tournament in Basel
In Men’s Singles category, India’s Lakshya Sen, seeded seventh
In Men’s Singles category, India’s Lakshya Sen, seeded seventh
In other matches, women’s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto will clash with Zheng Yu and Zhang Shuxian of China
After two competitive sets where Sindhu gave tough competition to Marin, the third set was almost one-sided
This was Sindhu's first defeat against Wang in their third meeting
Two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu was set to face Natsuki Nidaira however the Japanese has withdrawn from the second round encounter
Earlier, the Indian duo of V. G. Panjala and K. P. Garaga defeated Chinese Taipei's Chen Zhi Ray and Lu Chen 21-14, 21-16, to enter the second round
Prannoy will face either Lin Chu Yi of Chinese Taipei or China’s Weng Hong Yang in the title clash