Malaysia Masters 2023 Semi-finals: HS Prannoy enters finals, Sindhu loses

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HS Prannoy remained the only shuttler to qualify while PV Sindhu lost in the semi-finals of Super 500 Malaysia Masters played at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 27 May 2023.

PV Sindhu had a disappointing outing as she lost to Georgia Tungjung of Indonesia in straight games. The Indian began the first game on an aggressive note putting the Indonesian under pressure with some lovely shots. At the mid-game break, Sindhu led 11-9. Tungjung made strong comeback to level the scores and then played some aggressive badminton to win the first game easily at 21-14.

The second game was another good display by Tungjung with some lovely shots and putting Sindhu under pressure. Both players took alternate points and played some long rallies . At the mid-game interval, the Indonesian led 11-9. After the break, Georgia showed her class with brilliant shots that Sindhu could not pick and won second game easily to win it by 21-17. This was Sindhu’s second successive loss after the finals of Madrid Open this year.

HS Prannoy progressed into the finals after Christina Adianta retired due to an injury. Prannoy showed great aggression and made life tough for the qualifier with an 11-3 lead at the interval. After the break, Adianta kept pressure on Prannoy reducing gap to 2 points at 17-19 before Adianta withdrew from game due to an injury. Prannoy will now face Weng Hongyang of China who defeated Lin Chun Yi of Chinese Taipei in two straight games by 21-13, 21-19.

Prannoy had a brilliant outing this tournament from the first round itself. The Indian defeated Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in the first round, Li SF of China in the pre-quarterfinals, Kenta Nishimoto in the quarterfinals. All these three matches ended during three thrilling games.

The Indian would be looking to continue his brilliant form in the finals and bring glory to the country with another superb performance.  

 







HS Prannoy into the finals of Malaysia Masters 2023 while Sindhu crash out in SF 

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