Badminton
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 tenth, is India's top-ranked men's singles player. (Photo credit: Badminton Photo/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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- 26 Aug 2023 3:38 PM GMT
Vitidsarn is closing down the gap but Prannoy holds on.
Prannoy is closing to the game point with a lead of 19-14 and he needs to finish it.
- 26 Aug 2023 3:35 PM GMT
A lot of Indian support in the crowd.
Kunlavut tries to make a mini comeback but Prannoy has maintained the lead and he leads 17-11.
- 26 Aug 2023 3:32 PM GMT
Superb from HS Prannoy as he nails multiple winners.
HS Prannoy has been nailing winners left, right, center and it all is due to his superior shot-making. He leads 15-7.
- 26 Aug 2023 3:29 PM GMT
HS Prannoy leads at the mid-game break.
Superb from HS Prannoy as he draws two more errors from Kunlavut to lead 11-5 at the mid-game break and will like to keep his momentum.
- 26 Aug 2023 3:27 PM GMT
HS Prannoy takes five consecutive points.
HSP races to 9-5 lead and it has been due to unforced errors from Kunlavut who has looked in the start.
- 26 Aug 2023 3:21 PM GMT
Both shuttlers are looking to find their rhythm.
A mistake from Prannoy on the net and Vitidsarn takes the lead but it is a close one with him leading 3-2.
- 26 Aug 2023 1:49 PM GMT
Can HS Prannoy become the second Indian male shuttler to reach the final of the World Championships?
Kidambi Srikanth is the only Indian male shuttler to reach the final of the BWF World Championships in the past in 2021 when he lost to Loh Kean Yew to finish as runner-up.
Can HS Prannoy pull off another victory against World number 3 Kunlavut Vitidsarn today?
