India’s star shuttler HS Prannoy outlasted a hard-fought battle in opposition to compatriot Priyanshu Rajawat to seal his place within the quarterfinals of the India Open 2024 badminton match in New Delhi on Thursday. The eighth-seeded Prannoy needed to exert an excessive amount of effort in opposition to his junior compatriot Rajawat to register a 20-22, 21-14, 21-14 victory. With Prannoy leaping out to an early 5-2 lead, Priyanshu Rajawat, who had defeated Lakshya Sen within the first spherical, seemed to be at an obstacle. However the 21-year-old pulled off a spectacular comeback to take a 20-18 lead over Prannoy, the bronze medallist on the world championships.
Despite the fact that Prannoy was in a position to save two recreation factors, he finally let the lead slip away.
Rajawat rallied to chop Prannoy’s early benefit to 7-0, bringing the rating to 12-10. Nevertheless, the 31-year-old Prannoy moved rapidly and elevated the stakes.
With a simpler efficiency, Prannoy gained the decider to advance after 76 minutes contest. Within the males’s singles badminton match on the India Open, Prannoy is the lone Indian participant nonetheless competing.
In the meantime, Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, world No. 2 within the BWF badminton rankings, additionally made the ultimate eight in males’s doubles. Satwik and Chirag had a way more comfy day at work after having to place in loads of effort to defeat Fang-Chih Lee and Fang-Jen Lee of Chinese language Taipei within the first spherical.
In a 46-minute match, the Indian badminton gamers simply defeated Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han 21-14, 21-15.
Within the quarterfinals, Danish fifth seeds Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen will current a much more formidable foe for Chirag and Satwik.
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