Srikanth defeated Verma 18-21, 21-18, 21-11 in the first round of the ongoing Swiss Open.
Kidambi shifted gear after losing the first game and went on to win the next two games.
On Tuesday, Indian mixed doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa outclassed Indonesian pair of Hafiz Faizal and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja in the first round.
Basel [Switzerland]: Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth defeated compatriot Sameer Verma in the first round of the ongoing Swiss Open here on Wednesday. Srikanth secured an 18-21, 21-18, 21-11 win over Verma to progress to the next round of the tournament.
In the first game, Sameer played really well and took a 5-1 lead over Srikanth. Sameer maintained his lead throughout the game, winning the set 21-18.
Thailand Open: Sindhu and Ashwini-Sikki pair knocked out
PV Sindhu
Bangkok– Reigning women’s world champion PV Sindhu, men’s World Championships bronze medallist Sai Praneeth, and women’s doubles pair Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy lost their first-round matches and crashed out of the Thailand Open Super 1000 badminton tournament here on Tuesday.
Sixth-seeded Sindhu lost 21-16, 24-26, 13-21 to world No.18 Mia Blichfeldt in a match that lasted 74 minutes. This was Sindhu’s first tournament since the All England Open in March last year after which the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted the badminton calendar. Her loss marked the end of India’s challenge in the women’s singles section of the Super 1000 event as Saina Nehwal was forced to withdraw after testing positive for Covid-19.
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Saina Nehwal (TOI photo)
HYDERABAD: Saina Nehwal and HS Prannoy tested positive in the thirdCovid-19 test after they arrived in Bangkok.Saina had already withdrawn from the tournament, while her husbandParupalli Kashyap has been forced to withdraw. Kashyap was scheduled to playJason Anthony Ho-Shue of Canada later on Tuesday.
Though he tested negative he was also taken to the hospital. As per the rules in Thailand, Saina and Prannoy will be put up in ahospital for 10 days. However, the rest of the Indian squad apart from these players has been allowed to compete in the tournament.
This is the second time that Saina and Prannoy had tested positive. Last month along with Kashyap these players tested positive during Gurusaidutt s wedding.