Basel, Switzerland

The mixed doubles pair Ashwini Ponnappa and Sumeeth Reddy lost in the first round of the main draw of the Swiss Open on Wednesday.

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The Indian pair was defeated by fifth seeds Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue of France in straight sets 13-21, 9-21 in a match that lasted 33 minutes.

Indian shuttler Aakarshi Kashyap lost to Yvonne Li of Germany 5-21, 17-21 in the second match of the day here at St. Jakobshalle Basel.

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Later in the day, Kidambi Shrikant will be going against Mads Christophersen of Denmark in his men`s singles clash.

Indian pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand will be facing Thailand's Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai.