World Championships: Prannoy stuns world No. 2 Momota

Published:Mar 9, 202409:58
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World Championships: Prannoy stuns world No. 2 Momota

Unseeded H.S. Prannoy rose above expectations to close the door on crowd favorite and two-time former world champion Kento Momota 21-17, 21-16 within the spherical of 32 within the BWF World Championships on Wednesday.

This was Prannoy’s first win in opposition to the Japanese in eight conferences. Of their earlier clashes, the Indian received just one recreation in opposition to his higher-rated Japanese rival.

Earlier within the day, Kidambi Srikanth was knocked out by unseeded Zhao Junpeng 21-9, 21-17 within the second spherical. 

Srikanth, who received bronze on the Commonwealth Video games, stated he “may have possibly performed higher” however was not as scientific as his opponent.

In the meantime, Lakshya Sen is thru to Spherical 3 with a win over Luis Enrique Penalver.

Reigning Commonwealth Video games champion, Sen, received 21-17, 21-10.

Earlier, the Indian males’s doubles pair of M. R. Arjun and Dhruv Kapila moved to the pre-quarterfinals however Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy made a second spherical exit from the distinguished match.

The unseeded Arjun and Kapila upstaged eighth seeds and final version’s bronze medallists Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen of Denmark 21-17. 21-16 within the their second spherical match.

They may face Hee Yong Kai Terry and Loh Kean Hean of Singapore subsequent.

Ponnappa and Sikki, then again, had been handed a 21-15, 21-10 by high seeds Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan of China in 42 minutes.

The opposite girls’s doubles pairing of Pooja Dandu and Sanjana Santosh’s additionally crashed out of the match, taking place to 3rd seeds Lee So Hee and Shin Seung Chan of Korea 15-21, 7-21.

(with inputs from PTI)


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