HS Prannoy to lead India's challenge in Taipei Open badminton
Hindustan TimesThe semifinal loss in Indonesia a thing of the past now, HS Prannoy will look to carry on his good form when he spearheads the Indian challenge at the Taipei Open badminton tournament, starting here on Tuesday. HS Prannoy put up an impressive display at the Indonesia Open, a Super 1000 tournament, making it to the semifinals World No.9 Prannoy is seeded third here and will take on a qualifier in the men's singles opening round of the BWF World Tour Super 300 event. Prannoy, who claimed the Malaysia Masters Super 300 title last month, put up an impressive display at the Indonesia Open, a Super 1000 tournament, making it to the semifinals, where he lost 15-21 15-21 to world No.1 and eventual winner Viktor Axelsen of Denmark. The star men's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who created history on Sunday by becoming the first pair from India to win a Super 1000 event, will not feature in Taipei. In their absence eight seeds Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala will lead India's charge in the men's doubles and open their campaign against Vinson Chiu and Joshua Yuan of USA.