Indian Qualifier Sankar Subramanian Shocks World No. 2 Anders Antonsen at Swiss Open
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Synopsis
Indian qualifier Sankar Subramanian stunned world number two Anders Antonsen to reach the Swiss Open quarterfinals, marking the biggest win of his career. Meanwhile, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also advanced in women's doubles, while the Indian men's singles challenge faced setbacks.
Key Takeaways
- Sankar Subramanian defeated world number two Anders Antonsen.
- He will face World No. 31 Christo Popov next.
- Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand advanced in women's doubles.
- Former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth was eliminated.
- India's women's singles challenge came to an end.
Basel, March 21 (NationPress) Indian qualifier S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian achieved a remarkable upset against world number two, Denmark’s Anders Antonsen, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Swiss Open, a BWF World Tour Super 300 event, on Friday.
Subramanian, who is currently ranked 64th globally, recorded the most significant victory of his career at St. Jakobshalle by defeating the three-time World Championship medalist Antonsen with scores of 18-21, 21-12, 21-5 over the course of one hour and six minutes.
Next, Subramanian will face Christo Popov, the World No. 31 from France, who triumphed at both the German Open and Hylo Open last year. Popov was also the runner-up at the German Open this year.
In another matchup, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, the Commonwealth Games bronze medal-winning women’s doubles team, progressed to the quarterfinals after defeating Germany’s Selin Hubsch and Amelie Lehmann.
The ninth-ranked women’s doubles pair Treesa and Gayatri secured a convincing victory with scores of 21-12, 21-8 against Germany’s world No. 119 duo in just 38 minutes.
They are set to compete against the eighth-seeded Hong Kong pair, Yeung Nga Ting and Yeung Pui Lam, with a spot in the semifinals of the BWF Super 300 tournament at stake.
In the men’s singles, former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth faced defeat against current world No. 6 Li Shifeng of China, with scores of 21-15, 21-11, while Priyanshu Rajawat lost to France’s Toma Junior Popov 21-15, 21-17.
Unfortunately, India’s women’s singles hopes came to an end with Anupama Upadhyaya and Isharani Baruah both suffering defeats. Isharani lost to China’s Han Qian Xi 19-21, 21-18, 18-21, and Anupama fell to Indonesian fourth seed Putri Wardani 21-17, 21-19.
In mixed doubles, the Indian pair of Sathish Karunakaran and Aadya Variyatth were outplayed by Taipei’s Liu Kuang Heng and Jheng Yu Chieh with scores of 14-21, 16-21. PV Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medalist, along with Malvika Bansod and rising star Anmol Kharb, had already exited the competition after first-round defeats on Wednesday.
