BWF World Championships: HS Prannoy clinches stunning win over Angus

After
going
down
in
the
first
game,
the
unseeded
Indian
shuttler
pulled
off
a
stunning
comeback
to
defeat
the
eight
seeded
Hong
Kong
player
13-21,
21-18,
21-19
in
the
men’s
singles
encounter.
The
two
shuttlers
have
faced
off
twice
and
this
is
Prannoy’s
second
win
over
the
Hong
Kong
player.

In
the
first
game,
Angus
comfortably
pocketed
the
opening
game,
winning
21-13.
In
the
second
game,
the
Indian
shuttler
turned
the
game
on
its
head
as
he
raced
to
a
7-0
lead
and
went
on
to
level
the
match,
winning
the
second
game
21-18.

In
the
decider,
the
unseeded
Indian
player
held
onto
his
nerve
till
the
end
to
pull
off
the
stunning
win.
After
trailing
in
the
third
game,
Prannoy
pocketed
three
successive
points
to
level
the
game
17-17.
The
Indian
shuttler
held
on
to
his
nerves
to
take
the
next
to
crucial
points
and
pull
off
a
stunning
win
in
a
contest
that
lasted
an
hour
and
11
minutes.

Prannoy
joined
compatriot
Kidambi
Srikanth
in
the
men’s
singles
second
round
of
the
ongoing
competition.
Prannoy
will
next
take
on
Malaysian
shuttler
Daren
Liew
in
the
second
round.

Indian
shuttlers
lose
in
doubles
in
World
Championships

Meanwhile,
earlier
in
the
day,
two
Indian
pairs
made
first
round
exits
from
the
competition.
In
the
mixed
doubles
first
round
match,
the
Indian
duo
fo
Venkat
Gaurav
Prasad
and
Juhi
Dewangan
fell
to
a
crushing
8-21,
4-21
loss
to
Denmark’s
Mathias
Thyrri
and
Mai
Surrow
in
21
minutes.

In
the
men’s
doubles
match,
Indian
shuttlers
Arun
George
and
Sanyam
Shukla
went
down
to
Chinese
pair
Ou
Xuan
Yi
and
Zhang
Nan
15-21,
14-21.