BWF World Championships: HS Prannoy claims comeback win in pre-quarters to knockout Lakshya Sen

HS Prannoy secured a robust comeback win to dump compatriot Lakshya Sen from the BWF World Championships on Thursday.

Prannoy secured a robust comeback win to progress to the quarterfinals (Courtesy: PTI)

HIGHLIGHTSHS Prannoy dumped Lakshya Sen out of the BWF World ChampionshipsPrannoy secured the win with a scoreline of 17-21, 21-16 and 21-17The 30-year-old was too robust for Sen within the final two video games

India’s HS Prannoy secured a comeback win over compatriot Lakshya Sen on the pre-quarters of the BWF World Championships on Thursday.

Prannoy secured the win with a scoreline of 17-21, 21-16 and 21-17 to progress to the quarterfinal phases.

Sen, who was the bronze medallist final 12 months, raced to an early 3-0 lead within the first sport as errors got here to hang-out Prannoy within the early phases of the match. But the 30-year-old bounced again to settle the scores at 4-4. There was little or no to separate each males, however Sen took the lead on the interval with the rating at 11-8.

From there, the 21-year-old was in full management of the primary sport and did not seem like shedding it. While Prannoy did his greatest to push all of it the way in which, Sen took the sport with a rating of 21-17.

The second sport began significantly better for the 30-year-old Prannoy as he raised to a 6-3 lead shortly. However, Sen bounced again to degree issues up and the sport was evenly poised at 10-10.

The 21-year-old held a one-point benefit heading into the break with the rating at 11-10.

After the interval, Prannoy retook the lead and additional prolonged it by two factors with the rating at 14-12. The 30-year-old ensured that he was capable of keep off the makes an attempt from Sen to make a comeback and took the second sport 21-16.

The third sport proved to be extra even at first as each males battled it out arduous and supplied some nail-biting motion. But Prannoy slowly moved away and took a three-point lead into the break with the rating at 11-8.

While Sen did present some battle after the break, Prannoy was too robust for his compatriot and finally gained the sport and match with a scoreline of 17-21, 21-16, 21-17.

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