Dey and Mookerjee reached in Swiss Open badminton tournament quarterfinals
March 15, 2019 Badminton
On Thursday in the Swiss Open badminton tournament Subhankar Dey and Riya Mookerjee reached in the in men’s and women’s singles quarterfinals. Dey registered a hard-fought 12-21,22-20,21-17 win over fifth seed Jonatan Christie of Indonesia in a men’s singles contest that lasted one hour and 11 minutes, while Mookerjee made it to the quarterfinals after her opponent from Canada, Michelle Li retired hurt when the score read 18-16 in favor of the Indian. Now Dey will face reigning Olympic champion and two-time All England champion Chen Long of China and Mookerjee will take on top seeded Chinese Chen Yufei.
