3 min readMar 12, 2026 12:03 AM IST Having slipped outside the top 40 and not been in good form at the start of the 2026 season, Kiran George produced his best result in a while as he stunned former world champion Loh Kean Yew in straight games at the Swiss Open Super 300 in Basel on Wednesday. It was one of two upsets caused by Indian shuttlers in the opening round as the mixed doubles duo of Tanisha Crasto-Dhruv Kapila knocked out Danish fourth seeds Jesper Toft and Amalie Magelund. George, ranked 42 in the world, was involved in two tight games as he prevailed 23-21, 21-19 in a 41-minute clash. In the opening game, the unseeded Indian had to save two game points, while in the second the Singaporean third seed nearly completed a superb comeback from 16-20 down before George sealed the contest with his fourth match point. He will next face Hong Kong’s Jason Gunawan who knocked out former world no. 1 Kidambi Srikanth, who suffered a 21-15, 12-21, 4-21. Tanisha-Dhruv …