Original title: Swiss Badminton Open: Axelsen, Sindu advance, men’s doubles top seed retire
The 2022 BWF World Tour Swiss Open will compete on the second day of the first round on the 23rd. Olympic champion Ansailong, Indian star Sindu and other men and women’s singles seed players have advanced one after another. The top seed in men’s doubles and Indonesian combination Ahe San/Setiawan withdrew midway through the match.
The top seed in the men’s singles, Danish star Axelsen beat Indonesia’s Wadoyo, who advanced from the qualifying round, with 21:15 and 21:12. The No. 2 seed, Danish player Antonsen, No. 3 seed, Indonesian star Ginting, No. 4 seed, Indonesian player Jonathan and No. 7 seed, and Indian player Sri Kanter also defeated their opponents and advanced smoothly.
The No. 2 seed in the women’s singles, Indian star Sindhu easily eliminated Denmark’s Kjerfeld with 21:14 and 21:12. No. 4 seed, Thailand’s Embrupang and No. 8 seed, Scotland’s Gilmour also made the cut.
The top seed in men’s doubles, Indonesia’s Ahsan/Setiawan lost the first game with 12:21 in the first game against teammates Karnando/Martin. Before the start of the second game, Ahsan/Setiawan chose to retire. The No. 2 seed, Malaysia’s Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi defeated Algeria’s Baylarbi/Khamek 21:11 and 21:13.
In the men’s doubles No. 3 seed, the Indian duo Rankiredi/Shetty and the Indonesian duo Fikri/Maurana, who just won the All England Open, won two games in a row after losing one game. The game scores were 17:21, 21:11 and 21:18. The fourth seed, the Indonesian combination Alfran/Arianto, the fifth seed, the Danish combination Astrup/Rasmussen, the sixth seed , Malaysian combination Wang Yaoxin/Zhang Yuyu, No. 7 seed, German combination Rams Fuss/Seidl and No. 8 seed, Malaysian combination Wu Shifei/Izudin also made the cut.
In women’s doubles, the No. 2 seed, Thailand’s Jidi Tragong/Ba Zongzai eliminated India’s Jolly/Praira with 21:10 and 21:17. The No. 3 seeds, the Stoeva sisters of Bulgaria, defeated Estonian duo Maran/Lüter 21:9 and 21:16. In the contest between the No. 4 seed, the Danish combination Fleurgold/Tigersen and the Malaysian combination Zhang Qingyu/Zhang Meixin, they lost two games in a row at 11:21 and missed the promotion.
The mixed doubles No. 5 seed, France’s Giquel/Derlu, eliminated India’s Sumit Reddy/Ponapa 21:13 and 21:9. (Reporter Liu Yang and Chen Junxia)