Indian shuttle star HS Prannoy put in another great performance to qualify for the men’s singles quarterfinals by beating Indonesia’s Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo during the Malaysia Open Super 750 defeat here on Thursday. (Read Also: PV Sindhu returns from Ankle injury for forthcoming Malaysia Open 2023 Tournament)
Here is HS Prannoy Score followed by tweet:
The world No. 8 Indian looked in fine form as he repelled a fiery battle against world No. 19 Chico in an hour &four minutes with 21-9 15-21 21-16.30. The 30 years old badminton star from Kerala meets Ng Tze Yong from Malaysia or Kodai Naraoka from Japan. Teresa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand fought hard before losing 13-21, 21-15, and 17-21 to Bulgarians Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva in the women’s doubles quarterfinals.
For Prannoy, it was his second fight with Chico, defeating him at 2018 Syed Modi International. Throughout his life, Prannoy got off to a good start, showing better control, and his offense also paid off, leading 7-5 before going 11-5 at half-time. As Chico struggled against the drifting conditions, Prannoy escaped in the first game. After the break, Chico showed better control and after a clean exchange of blows with his opponent, developed a 6-2 lead. The Indonesian seemed to attack harder and quickly took an 11-5 lead at halftime. Both players tried to pressure each other during the exchange, but Prannoy made mistakes when Chico reverse sliced met at 17:11.
The Indonesian returned to the field immediately after five points. In the decisive game, Prannoy was very excited as he hit some precise corners to make it 5-2. He was able to push his opponent back and forth with skewed turns, making mistakes and building a nice five-point lead at halftime. Prannoy was accurate in his shot selection, hitting forehand and Center in the box, the field bounced off a falling opponent to score a goal. Chico had some great shots but was inconsistent during the rally as Prannoy took a five-point lead at 17-12 went. Another knife-edge jump shot followed by another shot down the baseline earned Prannoy six match points. The Indonesian saved two before netting one, which Prannoy celebrated.
