The star of the Indian badminton Sankar Subramanian Muthusamy amazed the world No. 2 Anders Antonsen in the round of 16 at the Open Swiss 2025 before losing in the quarter -finals. Find out more about Sankar’s trip to the top and its professional achievements.
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In one of the biggest upheavals of the Open Swiss 2025, the Sankar Subramanian of India Muthusamy won the most remarkable victory of his senior career, beating the world No. 2 Anders Antonsen in the pre -quarts of the Super 300 tournament on Thursday, March 20. The 21-year-old came from behind to claim an exciting victory of 18-21, 21-12, 21-5 in a 57-minute battle.
Sankar showed his courage against the Danish shuttle experienced during his round 16 games in Basel. Antonsen, triple medalist of the world championships, started hard, going up a late return to the opening match to get ahead of the Indian 21-18. However, Sankar quickly gathered to record a score of 21-12 and 21-5 dominating in the following two sets.
Who is Sankar Subramanian?
Sankar Subramanian Muthusamy is an emerging Indian badminton player from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He made a name for himself on the junior circuit before going to the senior level. At the age of 17, he reached the final of the Senior Ugandan international tournament 2021. Former world junior n ° 1, Sankar took importance with a silver medal at the BWF 2022 world championships which wanted to Santander Spanish.
Sankar has regularly climbed the BWF ranking, recording solid performance in Super 300 and Super 500 tournaments at a young age of 21. His victory over Antonsen at the Swiss Open 2025 is the greatest victory of his career. Having trained the childhood coach Aravind Samippan, Sankar is now aimed at establishing himself as a regular at the BWF world tour.
Sankar’s achievements
Junior World Championships
- 2022 (Santander, Spain): Silver medalist (lost against Kuo Kuan-Lin of Chinese Taipei 14-21, 20-22)
BWF International Challenge / Series
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2021 Ugandan international: Finalist (lost against Varun Kapur 18-21, 21-16, 17-21)
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2023 Luxembourg Open: Winner (defeated Ade Resky Dwicahyo 21-11, 21-19)
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2023 Scottish Open: Finalist (lost against Mads Christophersen 16-21, 14-21)
BWF Junior International
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2021 Russian Junior International: Winner (beaten Saneeth Dayanand Shimoga 21-10, 21-13)
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2022 Iran International Junior: Winner (defeated Ali Hayati 21-17, 21-17)
Sankar falls in the quarterfinals
Despite his remarkable triumph over Antonsen, the Swiss trip to Sankar Subramanian ended in the quarter -final against Christo Popov in France. The Indian shuttle has struggled to reproduce its previous form, falling 10-21, 14-21 in consecutive matches on the world No. 31.
This marks the second appearance in the quarter -final of Sankar at a super 300 event this year, after reaching the last eight in Thailand Masters in January. He lost against Zhu Xuan Chen in China in the quarter-final by 21-19, 18-21, 13-21.
