Badminton, Swiss Open Super 300: Kidambi Srikanth enters semi-finals; Treesa-Gayatri, Priyanshu exit

India’s Kidambi Srikanth made his way into the semi-finals of the 2024 Swiss Open Super 300 with a convincing win in the quarter-finals against Chia Hao Lee of Chinese Taipei.

Having endured a tough run in the World Tour so far this year, Srikanth entered his first semi-final of the season as he went past the world No 34 shuttler 21-13, 21-14 in straight games.

The former world No 1 never looked in any trouble as he raced to an 11-5 lead at the first mid-game interval. There was no looking back as the Indian continued to control the pace of the game and kept things tight to wrap up the match in 35 minutes.

With his 2024 Paris Olympics qualification already in doldrums and the Badminton Association of India set to select the 2024 Thomas Cup team soon, the semi-final appearance in Basel could not have come at a better time for Srikanth.

Srikanth will now face Lin Chun-Yi of Chinese Taipei in the semi-final on Saturday.

Treesa-Gayatri, Priyanshu exit

Earlier in the day, the Indian women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand 14-21, 14-21 fell to a straight games loss to Australia’s Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu.

After an early exit at the All England Open last week, Treesa-Gayatri...

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