Swiss Open: Mookerjee goes down to Yufei

The unseeded Mookerjee was no match for her fancied Chinese rival, Chen Yufei, losing 10-21 8-21 in just 25 minutes to bow out of the competition.

Published : Mar 15, 2019 22:20 IST

India’s Riya Mookerjee crashed out in the women’s singles quarterfinals of the Swiss Open badminton tournament with a straight game loss against top seed Chen Yufei (in pic).

India’s Riya Mookerjee crashed out in the women’s singles quarterfinals of the Swiss Open badminton tournament with a straight game loss against top seed Chen Yufei of China here on Friday.

The unseeded Mookerjee was no match for her fancied Chinese rival, losing 10-21 8-21 in just 25 minutes to bow out of the competition.

It was also curtains for Indian mixed doubles pair of Arjun M R and K Maneesha in the quarterfinals.

Arjun and Maneesha lost 19-21 16-21 against Denmark’s Mathias Bay-Smidt and Rikke Sob.