Sindhu, who was supposed to feature in the All England Open competition in Birmingham starting from Tuesday, was stuck in Dubai following a crisis which started due to a sharp escalation in West Asia after Israel and the United States launched coordinated strikes on Iranian military and nucl
India's women's doubles pair of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly advanced into the second round of the ongoing Swiss Open 2025 badminton tournament in Basel, Switzerland on Tuesday.
Swiss Open, a Badminton World Federation (BWF) Super 300 tournament, will witness world number 16 Sindhu, also the 2022 Swiss Open winner, in action against compatriot and world number 28 Malvika Bansod in the women's singles first-round clash, an all-Indian affair, as per Olympics.com.
Indian tennis player Yuki Bhambri and his French partner Albano Olivetti won the Swiss Open 2024 doubles event after a come-from-behind victory against the French pair of Fabrice Martin and Ugo Humbert in the final on Sunday.
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.
They played their fourth final of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour this year, having won other three of them - Swiss Open 2023, Indonesia Open 2023 and Korea Open 2023 - earlier this year.