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Patna : World No 110 in Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings Riya Mookerjee, 20, India, lost to World No 2 Chen Yufei, 21, China, in the quarter-finals of Yonex Swiss Open at St Jakobshalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland, on March 15, 2019, late night.

Top seed Chen Yufei, who had on March 10, 2019, won the All England Open Badminton Championships singles titles defeating World No 1 Tai Tzu Ying, Chainese Taipei, beat Riya, a qualifier, 21-10, 21-8 in 25 minutes. Yufei won 42 rallies in the match to just 18 by Riya. Yufei won 6 consecutive points in the match to 3 by Riya.

World No 47 Subhankar Dey, 25, India, also lost in the men’s quarter-finals to reigning Olympic champion and World No 5 Chen Long, 30, China, 18-21, 17-21 in 52 minutes. Chen Long won 42 rallies to 35 by Dey. Long won 5 consecutive points in the match to 3 by Dey.

 

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