The Indian shuttlers clinched a comfortable win defeating the American pair of Annie Xu and Kerry Xu 21-15, 21-12 in the round of 32. The game lasted for 39 minutes.
PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen will be spearheading the Indian challenge at the Swiss Open 2024 badminton tournament. The BWF Super 300 event will commence at the St Jakobshalle arena in Basel, Switzerland on Tuesday.
India's ace shuttler Lakshya Sen bowed out of the ongoing All England Open after suffering a defeat to Indonesia's Jonatan Christie in the semi-final of the men's singles event on Saturday.
Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen continued his impressive run at the All England Open 2024 badminton men's singles event with a hard-fought win over Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia in the quarter-final on Friday.
Later, the top-ranked men's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be in action, taking on Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana in the second round.
Star Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty started their All England Open 2024 campaign with a win in the opening round of the tournament.
The All England Open tournament is a Badminton World Federation World 1000 event and the most prestigious tournament of the entire BWF World Tour calendar
It was Sindhu's third straight three-game match at the French Open, which is her first Badminton World Federation (BWF) event after injury. She had secured close wins over Canada's Michelle Li and USA's Beiwen Zhang in the earlier rounds.
Now in their pre-quarters match-up, the 2022 French Open champions Satwiksairaj and Chirag will be locking horns with another Malaysian pair, Man Wei Chong and Tee Kai Wun.
The Indian men's badminton team put up a spirited performance against China but ended on the losing side with a 2-3 scoreline in the Group A clash of the Badminton Asia Team Championship
The women, led by two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu, defeated China for the first time in a team event with 17-year-old Anmol Kharab coming up with an inspired performance to ensure a 3-2 score line in the Indian's favour in the Group W clash.