Prannoy faces a fairly tough group in the BWF season-ender, facing Olympic and world champion Vikton Axelsen, Kodai Naraoka and Lu Guang Zu.
He has a 5-1 advantage over Prannoy but the Indian beat him in their last encounter - at the Indonesia Open in November last year. Even so, Prannoy will need a minimum of two out of three wins, but he has a negative head-to-head with each of the players in his group. In 2022, Prannoy has 66,730 points from 14 tournaments - the third-highest overall. This is the first time he has qualified for the year-end competition, after a consistent showing in what has been a landmark year for Indian men's badminton. He also managed a runner-up finish at the Swiss Open Super 300 and reached the semi-finals of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 as well as the Malaysia Masters Super 500 event. The world No 12 has been placed in Group A along with Olympic and world champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark, Japan's Kodai Naraoka (world No 14) and China's Lu Guang Zu (world No 17).
Live updates from the first day of action at badminton's World Tour Finals in Bangkok, Thailand, on Wednesday 7 December 2022.
I don't usually have a big lead against Tai. [here](https://olympics.com/en/news/bwf-world-tour-finals-2022-daily-schedule-and-how-to-watch-live). [Badminton](https://olympics.com/en/sports/badminton/)'s grand season finale, the [BWF World Tour Finals 2022](https://olympics.com/en/sport-events/2022-bwf-badminton-hsbc-bwf-world-tour-finals-bangkok/) are under way in Bangkok, Thailand.
BWF World Tour Finals: HS Prannoy got off to a losing start as he was beaten in 3 games by Japan's Kodai Naraoka. Prannoy will face Viktor Axelsen and Lu ...
Prannoy also lost his only meeting to Guang earlier this year at the Frrench Open. Prannoy lost 12-21, 21-9, 17-21 in a match that extended to an hour. BWF World Tour Finals: HS Prannoy got off to a losing start as he was beaten in 3 games by Japan's Kodai Naraoka.
The BWF World Tour Finals 2022 will take place at the Nimibutr Arena, Bangkok, on December 7-11.
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The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has added international online entertainment platform WinBox as a new sponsor in a deal brokered by the Infront agency.
World number one and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark started his Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals title defence in dominant fashion as he defeated Lu Guangzu of China 21-13, 21-11. On the other hand, the women's defending ...
Indonesia also secured victory in the mixed doubles thanks to Rinov Rivaldy and Pitha Haningtyas Mentari. In the mixed doubles, Zheng Si Wei and Huang Yi Qiong of China were no match for the French duo Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue. On the other hand, the womenโs defending champion An Se-young of South Korea went down to Japanese Akane Yamaguchi 18-21, 16-21 in Bangkok.