Two-time Olympic medalist and former world champion PV Sindhu made a first-round exit from the ongoing Swiss Open badminton tournament on Wednesday

Kidambi Srikanth beat compatriot HS Prannoy in two hard-fought games to enter the men's singles second round of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament on Wednesday.

The men's singles main round will thus feature six Indians including four direct entries -- Srikanth Kidambi and HS Prannoy who will face each other in round one, Priyanshu Rajawat, and Kiran George.

The two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu will spearhead the Indian challenge at the Swiss Open badminton tournament, starting from Tuesday at St Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.

Former world no.1 shuttler Kidambi Srikanth and Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian crashed out of the Thailand Masters Super 300 tournament after losing their respective quarterfinal matches.

The World Championships medalist Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the round two of the men's singles event at the ongoing Thailand Masters badminton tournament on Wednesday.

Kidambi Srikanth beat Israel's Danii Dubovenko 21-13, 21-18.

Along with Kidambi Srikant, ace Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen and men's doubles pair Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will participate in the upcoming Indonesia Masters 2025 badminton tournament

Former World number one Kidambi Srikanth will be making his return to badminton during the Macau Open competition starting on Tuesday as a part of 23-member Indian contingent.

A valiant HS Prannoy rallied his way to a morale-boosting three-game win over China's Lu Guang Zu as he and double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu progressed to the second round of the Badminton Asia Championships.