Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton title remained with the Indian for the second year in succession. In 2015, it was Kidambi Srikanth and this year Srikanth's practice partner H S Prannoy, who clinched the men's singles title in Basel, Switzerland.
The giant-killing run of Prannoy continued for the sixth day in succession as the 13th seed Indian shocked seventh seed Marc Zwiebler of Germany 21-18, 21-15 in the final. It was Prannoy's second GP Gold title after he triumphed in Indonesia in 2014.
Compared to Prannoy's earlier matches, the summit clash against the world No. 19 did not go the distance as the world No. 27 Indian romped home in 45 minutes. The first game was a tense affair with both the players in contention of grabbing the game almost till the end. “I am ecstatic. It was a very tough week for me as the conditions were challenging. Both my opponents in the semis and final were hitting very hard. Today I was confident to win the final,” an elated Prannoy said from Switzerland. While Prannoy won the title, in the women's singles semifinal, top seed Saina Nehwal went down fighting against third seed Wang Yihan of China 11-21 19-21 in 40 minutes. It was Saina's tenth loss against Yihan in 14 meetings.
