Indian badminton player HS Prannoy defeated Malaysia's Liew Daren in the men's singles first round of the Malaysia Open 2022 BWF Super 750 event.
HS Prannoy will face world No. 4 Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in the second round. Liew Daren tried to put up a late fight but HS Prannoy protected his lead to go 1-0 up in the match. HS Prannoy will take on world No. 4 Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in the second round of the BWF Super 750 event.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], June 28 (ANI): India's HS Prannoy started off his Malaysia Open 2022 campaign with a win over the Malaysian Liew Daren in the first ...
Ponnappa and Siki lost the match by a margin of 21-15, 21-11. Ginting won the match by a margin of 21-15, 19-21, 21-9. Playing in court 1, the Indian won his match by margin of 21-14, 17-21, 21-18.
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In the second set, Sameer Verma changed the script as he strated dominating right from the start and this time he entered the interval with a 11-4 lead. In the third game, once again the Indonesian was back on top as he went into the interval with a 11-4 lead. Verma started the match on the backfoot as the Indonesian started attacking straighaway and entered the break witha 11-4 advantage. A close fight ensued and he prevailed 21-19 to take the match into the decider. He however continued his fightback to level the scores 12-12 and from then on took the lead. Ginting began the match on a strong note as he lef right from the front and entered the interval with a 11-8 lead.
HS Prannoy will face fourth seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in the second round of the Malaysia Open.
After the change of sides, Liew took a 7-4 advantage with Prannoy going to the nets repeatedly. Prannoy was slow off the mark but opened up a healthy 11-7 lead at the break. The 29-year-old Kerala shuttler will face fourth seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei.
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Christie won the final game by a huge margin of 21-7, sealing the match for himself. Ponnappa and Siki lost the match by a margin of 21-15, 21-11. Ginting won the match by a margin of 21-15, 19-21, 21-9.
Indian shuttlers B Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma went down fighting in the opening round of the men's singles competition on Tuesday.
They last played at the 2020 Asian Team championships, where Ginting won the contest after Praneeth retired due to an injury. While Praneeth went down to world number six Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia, Sameer lost to world number 8 Jonatan Christie, also from Indonesia. The 30-year-old Praneeth, currently ranked world number 19, lost 15-21 21-19 9-21 to Ginting in a 50-minute men's singles match. Indian shuttlers B Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma crashed out of the Malaysia Open Super 750 badminton tournament after suffering defeat in the opening round of the men's singles competition in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.