India shuttler H.S. Prannoy emerged because the lone Indian survivor at the Japan Masters, advancing to the second spherical. Photo: X/@PRANNOYHSPRI
Returning to motion after recovering from a again damage, star India shuttler H.S. Prannoy emerged because the lone Indian survivor at the Japan Masters, advancing to the second spherical with a gritty win right here on Wednesday.
The 31-year-old, who performed with again ache en path to Asian Games bronze medal in his final outing, outsmarted Lee Cheuk Yiu of Hong Kong 22-20 19-21 21-17 in a 64-minute opening spherical conflict at the Super 500 occasion.
Prannoy made an excellent begin, taking a 11-6 lead at the primary mid-game interval. Lee, nevertheless, managed to convey claw again at 14-14 however the Indian held his fort regardless of relentless strain to ultimately seal the opening sport by the narrowest of margin.
Prannoy took the momentum to the second sport, zooming to 14-Eight however the world No. 18 from Hong Kong drew parity at 17-17 and this time went the space with Prannoy falling right into a pool of errors.
The gritty Indian nevertheless did not let the reversal have an effect on him as he recovered from 5-Eight behind to show the tables at 13-11 after which preserve his nostril forward regardless of a preventing Lee to win the decider and the match.
Lakshya, Priyanshu out
Lakshya Sen, who had gained the Canada Open this 12 months, and Orleans Master winner Priyanshu Rajawat had a nasty day in workplace as they bowed out of the event after falling quick of their opening match.
Sen, world no. 17, could not go previous Japan’s Kodai Naraoka, dropping 17-21 10-21 to the world no. 5, whereas Rajawat misplaced 15-21 12-21 to Chinese Taipei’s Lin Chun-Yi.
The males’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty had misplaced their opening spherical match on Tuesday.