BWF World C'ships 2023: HS Prannoy finishes with a bronze- HIGHLIGHTS
HS Prannoy lost to world number 3 Kunalvut Vitidsarn to finish with a bronze medal at BWF World Championships.
HS Prannoy, ranked seventh, is India's top-ranked men's singles player. (Photo credit: BAI)
Third-seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn defeated Indian shuttler HS Prannoy in a three-set game 18-21, 21-13, 21-14 to move to the final of the BWF World Championships.
World number nine HS Prannoy finished the tournament with a bronze medal in his kitty.
He defeated 2021 World Champion Loh Kean Yew and 2022 World Champion Viktor Axelsen on his way to the bronze medal.
As it happened:
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31-year-old HS Prannoy becomes the fifth Indian male shuttler to win a medal at World Championships.
Kunlavut takes the win but HS Prannoy will be content with the fact he is a world championship medalist now.
Vitidsarn is just three points way from a win and Prannoy is struggling with his returns.
Prannoy has done well to recover but Vitidsarn has a comfortable lead of 16-12 and as it looks, Prannoy needs to work harder at the moment.
It is getting tough for Prannoy now who looks tired as Kunlavut has a lead of 14-8 now.
Vitidsarn is leading 11-7 at the moment and he has been brilliantly defending everything Prannoy is throwing at him.
Both shuttlers are pushing each other and playing some fabulous badminton with Vitidsarn leading 8-7.