Swiss success for Sindhu
India’s P. V. Sindhu clinched her second women’s singles title of the season with a 21-16, 21-■ win over Thailand’s Busanan Ongbamrungphan at the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament.
Playing her second successive Swiss Open final, double Olympic medallist Sindhu took 49 minutes to get the better of the fourth seeded Busanan.
The 26-year-old has happy memories of this venue as she had also claimed the World Championships gold in 2019.
Sindhu had won the Syed Modi International Super 300 in Lucknow in January this year. Super 300 tournaments are the second lowest tier of BWF Tour events.
Meanwhile, H. S. Prannoy went down fighting 12-21, 1■-21 against Asian Games gold medallist and fourth seed Jonatan Christie of Indonesia in the men’s singles final.
The 29-year-old has been grappling with multiple health issues after being diagnosed with a gastroesophageal reflux disease in 201■ and COVID-19 infection in 2019. It was his first final in the last five years but he couldn’t challenge the Indonesian for the title.