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Swiss Open Super 300 badminton : Sindhu, Prannoy storm into finals

World No. 7 will face another Thai player and fourth seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan in the summit clash on Sunday

PTI  Basel Published 27.03.22, 03:45 AM
HS Prannoy in action.

HS Prannoy in action. Twitter

PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy made their way to the women’s and men’s finals respectively at the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament here on Saturday.

World No. 7 Sindhu prevailed 21-18, 15-21, 21-19 over Thailand’s Supanida Katethong in a 79-minute women’s singles semi-final to make her second successive final after Prannoy eked out a hard-fought 21-19, 19-21, 21-18 win over Indonesia’s world No. 5 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting for his first summit clash in five years.

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He will meet Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie, who beat India’s Kidambi Srikanth 18-21, 21-7, 21-13, in Sunday’s final.

Sindhu, seeded second, will face another Thai player and fourth seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan in the summit clash on Sunday.

Sindhu and world No. 29 Supanida had shared the spoils in the two meetings this year.

In the opening game, Sindhu, who had won the Syed Modi International in January, used the court well, producing her smashes and follow up shots to gather points. Supanida tried to stay in the rallies but couldn’t finish them.

At the first break, Sindhu had a three-point advantage and she swelled it to 15-7 with a run of four points. The left-handed Thai tried to attack and dominate the rallies to narrow the deficit to 13-18.

However, she was not consistent enough as Sindhu grabbed five game points when the Thai went long. The Indian found the net next, while Supanida grabbed two more points before smashing one at the nets to allow the Indian take the opening game.

Supanida continued her momentum after the change of sides, running up a 16-7 lead in quick time with Sindhu looking erratic and struggling against the deceptions of the Thai player.

The Hyderabad shuttler came back strongly in the decider, gaining a 4-1 lead but Supanida drew parity at 7-7 with a smash.

A former top-10 player, Prannoy came into the match with a 1-1 head-to-head count against Ginting, who is currently ranked 21 places higher than him at world no. 5.

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