Sankar Subramanian, 21, stuns World No.2 Antonsen for massive win in Basel

India’s Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian caused a major upset by knocking out world no. 2 Anders Antonsen of Denmark in a thrilling three-game contest to reach the men’s singles quarterfinals of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament here.

The 21-year-old from Tamil Nadu, a silver medallist at the 2022 World Junior Championships and currently ranked 64th in the world, put up an impressive display of defense to defeat the three-time World Championships medallist 18-21 21-12 21-5 in a 66-minute contest.

Later, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand stormed into the women’s semifinal with a clinical 21-18, 21-14 win over Hong Kong’s Pui Lam Yeung and Nga Ting Yeung.