Indian badminton player PV Sindhu bowed out of the women’s singles while HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth exited the men’s singles competition at the Swiss Open 2023 in Basel on Thursday.
Sindhu, the defending champion, lost to Indonesia’s Putri Kusuma Wardani 21-15, 12-21, 21-18 in a hard-fought round of 16 encounters. Two-time Olympic medallist, Sindhu had overcome Jenjira Stadelmann of Switzerland to open her women’s singles campaign on Wednesday 21-9, 21-16 in a 32-minute match. But she was unable to keep her momentum going.
Meanwhile, world No. 9 and fifth seed HS Prannoy lost 21-8, 21-8 to unseeded Christo Popov of France. On Wednesday, Prannoy defeated All England Open finalist Shi Yu Qi of China to advance into the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals.