Treesa-Gayatri advance to 2nd round at Swiss Open

In badminton, India’s Treesa Jolly and her partner Gayatri Gopichand have advanced to the Women’s Doubles second round at the Swiss Open in Basel, Switzerland. The ace Indian duo defeated Switzerland’s Aline Müller and Netherlands’ Kelly van Buiten 21-16, 21-17 in the first round. Treesa and Gayatri will now face the German pair of Selin Hubsch and Amelie Lehmann in the pre-quarterfinals tomorrow.

In other matches, two-time Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu



will face Denmark’s Julie Dawall Jakobsen in the Women’s Singles first round this evening, while compatriot Malvika Bansod will take on Canada’s Michelle Li.

In Men’s Singles, India’s Kidambi Srikanth will go up against compatriot H.S. Prannoy in the first round this afternoon. Top Indian shuttlers Priyanshu Rajawat, Kiran George, Akshit Shetty, and Sankar Subramanian will also be in action in the Men’s Singles first round today.