India Open 2024: HS Prannoy Progress Into The Second Round

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 The Indian shuttlers had a decent outing as HS Prannoy progressed into the second round of the Super 750 India Open played at KD Jadhav Indoor Hall, New Delhi on 16th January 2024.

HS Prannoy produced a dominating performance in the first round with a straight-set win over Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei. It was an impressive effort by Indian who looked in great form during the first set winning by 21-6. He showed his class with another superb effort to win the second set at 21-18 to move into the second round.

Pranshu Rajawat stunned Indian teammate Lakshya Sen in three thrilling games. Lakshya Sen won the first game comfortably at 21-16 before Rajawat made a strong comeback winning the second game at 21-16 before winning the decider at 21-13 to move into the next round. He will play HS Prannoy in the second round.

Kiran George lost to Wang T W of Chinese Taipei in two straight games. He looked out of sorts losing the match by 12-21, 15-21.

Kidambi Srikanth and qualifier Karunakaran will play their first-round matches tomorrow. The men’s doubles section saw Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun lost in straight games to Lee Y and Wang C of Chinese Taipei in straight games by 9-21, 13-21.

Satwik/Chirag Shetty will play their first-round match against Lee F C and Lee F J of Chinese Taipei tomorrow.

The women’s doubles pairing of Tressa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand went down fighting to Matsuyama and Shida in three games. Jolly and Gopichand won the first game by 21-18 before the Japanese pairing made a strong comeback winning the next two games with the scoreboard at 21-14, 21-13.

Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa will play their first-round match against the Thailand pair tomorrow. 









HS Prannoy and Rajawat progress into the second round of the Super 750 India Open 

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