BWF World C'Ships HIGHLIGHTS: Prannoy stuns Axelsen, reaches semis; Satwik-Chirag knocked out - Scores, Updates, Blog
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HS Prannoy won the Malaysia Masters title, World Championships and Asian Games bronze in 2023. (Source: BWF)
HS Prannoy, the world no. 9, stunned top seed and reigning world champion Viktor Axelsen in a three-setter in the quarterfinal to ensure himself a medal at the BWF World Championships on Friday. Prannoy will now be in contention for a gold medal as he cruised to the semifinals.
World no. 2 Indian men's doubles duo of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, however, lost to Anders Rasmussen and Kim Astrup in the quarterfinal.
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With this win, Prannoy has ensured India a medal at the BWF World Championships. He will now be in contention for a silver or gold medal as he cruises to the semifinals.
Prannoy is the third Indian men's singles player after Prakash Padukone, Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen to win a medal at the World Championships.
HS Prannoy stuns the top seed and reigning world champion Viktor Axelsen coming from a game deficit. Axelsen, the home favourite, looks absolutely out of sorts against Prannoy's open-game strategy in the decider.
Prannoy beats Axelsen 13-21, 21-15, 21-16
Axelsen hits the net. Prannoy leads 20-15. Five match-point chances for Prannoy now. What a comeback by the Indian!
Prannoy is now three points from winning the match. He leads 18-14. The defending world champion Axelsen is trailing by four points.
Axelsen loses a challenge. Prannoy is now two points from winning the match.
HS Prannoy. You never what he can do. He loses the first game. Now he is following a pattern. Viktor Axelsen is looking clueless in the third game. That's Prannoy for you. He cane make the best player struggle. #BWFWorldChampionships2023 #hsprannoy #viktoraxelsen
— Sudipta Biswas (@SudptaBiswas) August 25, 2023
A great smash from Prannoy. It lands 'in' as Prannoy takes a 15-11 lead.
He wins another with a crosscourt flick. It is 16-11 in the decider.
Axelsen reduces Prannoy's lead with a smash. It is 11-13 now in the decider.
Prannoy takes a 13-8 lead in the decider as Axelsen's return goes wide.
Axelsen shoots back with a point from a smash. The third game is well poised at 13-9.
Prannoy wins another point. Good challenge! It is 14-9 in Indian's favour.
Prannoy resumes with a point to make it 12-6. But Axelsen replies with two points to trail 8-12.
Prannoy is following the proven pattern of a great comeback. He now has a five-point lead at the interval. Prannoy leads 11-6.
Power smash from Axelen. He hits right into Prannoy's right hand to make it 6-7.
But Prannoy is not letting his lead slip. He sends down a smash, it is too hard for Axelsne to return. The shuttle goes out of play. Prannoy leads 9-6.