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At $120K Swiss Open 2016, Basel (Grand Prix Gold)

[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,42) bt Emil Holst (DEN,48) 21-17 24-22
[R1] B. Sai Praneeth (IND,37) bt Mathias Bonny (SUI,277) 21-14 13-21 21-6
[R1] (11) Ajay JAYARAM (IND,21) bt Jiann Shiarng Chiang (MAS,242) 21-8 21-17
[R1] (13) H. S. Prannoy (IND,24) bt Kalle Koljonen (FIN,132) 21-19 21-19

[R2] Sameer Verma (IND,42) bt (4) Zhengming Wang (CHN,11) 21-19 22-10
[R2] B. Sai Praneeth (IND,37) bt Artyom Savatygin (UZB,161) 21-7 21-10
[R2] (11) Ajay JAYARAM (IND,21) l Kenichi Tago (JPN,63) 21-23 18-21
[R2] (13) H. S. Prannoy (IND,24) bt Lars Schaenzler (GER,170) 21-16 21-13

[R1] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,3) bt Karin Schnaase (GER,26) 21-7 21-15
[R1] (6) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,12) bt Chloe Magee (IRL,61) 21-19 21-10

[R3] Sameer Verma (IND,42) vs (16) Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (THA,33)
[R3] B. Sai Praneeth (IND,37) vs (2) Tien Chen Chou (TPE,7)
[R3] (13) H. S. Prannoy (IND,24) vs (6) Rajiv Ouseph (ENG,18)

[R2] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,3) vs Kristina Gavnholt (CZE,41)
[R2] (6) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,12) vs Yu Po Pai (TPE,23)

Expected winning start for Indians in the first round ... Sai and Prannoy take advantage of weaker draw for winning the second round also ... Saina also win without facing any trouble from her German opponent ... Sindhu also join her with straight games win over Magee ... Big upset of the day score by Sameer in the second round when he beats WR #11 Chinese Zhengming Wang in two tight straight games ... But Ajay lose his match against Tago in straight games.