Swiss Open 2026 Day 3: Two Indian Shuttlers Enter Quarterfinals
It was a
decent outing for the Indian shuttlers as 2 of them entered into the
quarterfinals of Super 300 Swiss Open 2026 played at Basel, Switzerland on 12th
March.
The number
1 seeded men’s doubles pairing of Satwik/Chirag Shetty edged past their
Japanese opponents H Okamura and K Yamashita in three thrilling games. The Japanese
pair started off brightly with 2 early point before both pairs fought for each
point with lovely smashes. At the mid-game break, Satwik/Chirag moved to a 11-8
lead. After the interval, it was one-way traffic as Indian pairing won the
first game with ease by 21-15.
Okamura and
Yamashita began the 2nd game on an aggressive note putting Indian
pairing under immense pressure. Despite a mini-game comeback by Satwik/Chirag,
Japanese pair took a 11-6 lead at the break. After the interval, Indian pair fought
back, but Okamura and Yamashita won second game comfortably by 21-15.
Satwik/Chirag
made a flying start to the third game putting Japanese pair under pressure with
smashes. After Indian pairing being 9-6 ahead, Okamura and Yamashita fought
back strongly to take a slender 11-10 lead at the break. Both pairs showed
great resilience not wanted giving up. It ebbed and flowed right till the end
before Satwik/Chirag held their nerves to win by 28-26 scoreline to move into
quarterfinals. They will face CF Kjaer and R Kjaer of Denmark.
Tharun
Mannepalli produced a dominating display of badminton registering two straight
game win over Justin Hoh of Malaysia. The first game saw Mannepalli not
allowing any chances to his opponent winning by 21-14. Both players fought for
each point in the 2nd game before Tharun went onto to win with
narrow scoreline of 22-20 to move into quarterfinals. He will face Anthony
Gingting of Indonesia.
It was
curtains for Kiran George as he lost to Jason Gunawan of Hong Kong in three
games. George began the first game on a positive note with 8-3 lead. Gunawan
made a stunning comeback putting Indian under pressure to win first game by
21-18.
The second
game saw Gunawan making a strong start putting George under immense pressure. Both
players fought for each point, but this time George held his nerves to win 2nd
game by 21-16.
It was a
decent start for Kiran George in the deciding game. Both players fought for
each point before George took a 11-9 lead at break. After the interval, Gunawan
upped his game not allowing any chances for his opponent to win with 21-16
scoreline.
The men’s
doubles pairing of Hariharan Amsakarunan & MR Arjun lost to Chen C-k and
Lin BW of Chinese Taipei in two straight games. It was a closely fought affair
in the first game as both pairs fought for each point before Chen and Lin took
a slender 11-10 lead at the break. After the interval, Chinese Taipei showed
their class winning by 21-17.
Chen and
Lin produced a dominating display in the second game not allowing any chances
for Indian pairing winning by 21-11.
The mixed
doubles pairing of Dhruv Kapila/Tanisha Crasto suffered straight game loss to
Gao J X and Wu MY of China. Indian pairing struggled right from the word go losing
by 15-21, 17-21.
Results of
Indian Shuttlers Round 2 (Super 300 Swiss Open 2026)
1. Satwik/Chirag Shetty defeated
Okamura/Yamashita (Men’s Doubles)- 21-15, 15-21, 28-26
2. Tharun Mannepalli defeated Justin
Hoh (Men’s Singles)- 21-14, 22-20
3. Kiran George lost to Jason Gunawan
(Men’s Singles)- 18-21, 21-16, 16-21
4. H Amsakarunan/MR Arjun lost to Chen
C-k/Lin BW (Men’s Doubles)- 17-21, 11-21
5. Dhruv Kapila/Tanisha Crasto lost to Gao
JX/Wu MY (Mixed Doubles)- 15-21, 17-21.
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