Newsinc24 Team In Badminton, Olympic Silver Medallist PV Sindhu has entered the Women's Singles final of the Swiss Open tournament at Basel. She defeated fourth seed Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark 22-20, 21-10 in semi-final Satueday evening.Sindhu crushed fourth-seeded Blichfeldt 22-20, 21-10 in just 43 minutes to avenge her first-round loss at the Yonex Thailand Open in January. Sindhu will now take on either Olympic champion Carolina Marin or Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong for a shot at the Swiss Open title on Sunday. Notably, this is Sindhu's first final appearance since the World Championships in 2019.
In Men's Singles semi-final, former Champion Kidambi Srikanth lost to top seed Viktor Axelsen of Denmark 13-21, 19-21.In Men's Doubles, World No 10 pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will face sixth seeded Danish pair of Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in the semi-final today. The Indian pair progressed to the last four after defeating Malaysian combine of Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi.
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