This will mark the first meeting between the two players - Kidambi Srikanth and Lin Chun-yi.
Last Updated: 07.27 PM, Mar 23, 2024
The lone Indian surviving in the Swiss Open 2024 and desperately seeking to earn a spot for the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024 is Kidambi Srikanth. He is all set to take on Chinese Taipei's Lin Chun-yi in the men's singles semi-final on Saturday (March 23) at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.
The Swiss Open 2024 semi-final will be available for free live streaming on the JioCinema app in India from 12:50 AM IST. For fans watching on TV, it will be broadcasted on Sports 18-1 channel. Additionally, fans can also live stream the matches via the BWF TV YouTube Channel.
Former world number 1, Srikanth is playing his eighth tournament of the season and has finally gained momentum by reaching the semi-finals for the first time in 16 months. He secured a commanding 21-10, 21-14 victory over Chia Hao Lee of Chinese Taipei in just 35 minutes on Friday night to advance to his first semi-final on the BWF World Tour since November 2022.
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On the other hand, his opponent Lin also cruised to a straight games victory over Denmark's Magnus Johannesen with a scoreline of 21-18, 21-7 in 38 minutes, securing his spot in the semi-finals.
Head-to-head: This will mark the first meeting between the two players - Kidambi Srikanth and Lin Chun-yi.
Kiran George's efforts went in vain as his valiant fight concluded with a 23-21, 17-21, 15-21 loss to Denmark's Rasmus Gemke in a quarterfinal match.
The other emerging Indian talent, Priyanshu Rajawat, also lost to Chou Tien Chen, succumbing to a 15-21, 19-21 defeat in a 43-minute quarterfinal clash.
India's women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also faced a straight-game defeat to Australia's Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu on Friday. They went down 14-21, 15-21 in 35 minutes to the unseeded Australian duo.