Swiss Open 2022 Highlights: PV Sindhu won her final.PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy in Swiss Open 2022 Final, Badminton Highlights: P V Sindhu notched up her second women’s singles title of the season with a straight-game win over Thailand’s Busanan Ongbamrungphan in the summit clash of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament here on Sunday. Playing her second successive final in the tournament, Sindhu, a double Olympic medallist, took 49 minutes to get the better of the fourth-seeded Thai 21-16 21-8 at the St. Jakobshalle.
It was Sindhu’s 16th win over Busanan in 17 meetings, having lost to the Thai only once — at the 2019 Hong Kong Open.
Meanwhile, HS Prannoy lost his match against Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie in the men’s singles final.
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"Last few months all Indian men are doing well after a long gap of time. There's been lots of criticism of us and people were annoyed with us. But we've all stepped up," he said. (File)
HS Prannoy is beaten and Christie does it convincingly. Pinpoint precise Jonatan Christie of Indonesia defeated Prannoy 21-12, 21-18 for his first title in two and half years.
This time Prannoy is moving better and he is able to reach in time for a return against a drop shot. He is not giving up and then a 33-shot rally ends up in the favour of the Indian. The lead is just one point for Christie.
In Game 2, it is once again the Indonesian who has moved ahead. His crosscourt work has been quite brilliant and Prannoy has no answers.
Christie wins the first game convincingly in just 19 minutes. Prannoy continues to make errors.
Christie takes the lead again at the mid-game break and builds on it. A couple of unforced errors does not help Prannoy either.
Prannoy hits back and capitalizes on the errors by Christie and quickly takes a lead. But it is a slender one.
Prannoy is on the backfoot as Christie is off to a good start. The Indonesian has a three-point lead.
The men's singles final is underway. Can Prannoy add another title in India's bag? Stay tuned
Second seed PV Sindhu faces no hurdles in winning the finals to claim her second title of the year. She defeats Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrung 21-16, 21-8 in a one-sided affair to clinch the Women's singles.
It seems like Busanan has completely given up after coming so close in the first game. She has hardly earned any points in the second. Meanwhile, Sindhu is two points away from title.
PV Sindhu in complete control of the second game, inching closer to the title. Sindhu leads 11-2 in the second game break/
Another strong start by Sindhu. She has gotten into the flow of the match and is now controlling the final. Busanan failing to find the answer to Sindhu's attack.
What a tight final underway in Basel. PV Sindhu takes the last five points to win the first game 21- 16. It was a tight game and the Thai shuttler made sure Sindhu had to work hard to earn every point.
Busanan keeps the pressure on Sindhu, who this time answers with a strong defence, keeps the rally to end it with a two-point advantage.
37 shots, the longest so far. What a thrilling final underway in Basel. The Thai takes the point, keeps Sindhu on her toes. The Indian shuttler still has an advantage by a point.
Tight drop shots keep Sindhu on her toes. If she can keep the court big for Sindhu, then Busanan might turn the match in her favour.
Sindhu began confidently but Busanan did well to keep it a tight game so far. Sindhu leads 11-9 at first mid-game break. A little unexpected from the opponent, Sindhu was expected to ease through the final.
Busanan did well to level the game at 5-5 after the aggressive start by Sindhu but the Indian shuttler moves ahead again. The Hyderabadi shuttler looks confident and has played against the Thai opponent multiple times to stay calm.
A steady start for PV Sindhu vs Busanan Ongbamrungphan, 3-1. Sindhu looking aggressive and hungry.
PV Sindhu is now in action. Sindhu takes on Busanan, who will be hoping today is not the day Sindhu makes it 16-1 against here on H2H.