In the opening day of Swiss Open 2021, yesterday Indian Mixed Doubles Pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa, stunned world No. 8 Indonesian team of Hafiz Faizal and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja 21-18, 21-10 to progress to the second round. In another match, Pranaaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy were outclassed by third seeds British pair of Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith by a 21-18, 21-15.  Lots of action on offer for Indians on today, with singles and men's and women's doubles events on schedule.
 
In the men's singles today many Indian players will be playing their first round matches. It will be an all-Indian show when Sameer takes on former world number one Kidambi Srikanth in the first round. World number 31 Prannoy HS will open against Mark Calijouw of the Netherlands, while Sourabh Verma takes on Switzerland's Christian Kirchmayr. Ajay Jayaram will meet Thailand's Sitthikom Thammasin and Parupalli Kashyap will square off against Spain's Pablo Abian.
 
Olympic hopeful Praneeth, who was forced to withdraw from the last event in Thailand after testing positive for Covid-19, will hope to shine when he clashes with Israel's Misha Zilberman. Young Lakshya Sen, who missed the Thailand events due to an injury, too will be rearing to go when he opens against Thailand's Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk.