H.S. Prannoy to lead India's challenge in Taipei Open badminton
The Hindu
World No. 9 Prannoy is seeded third and will take on a qualifier in the Men’s singles opening round of the BWF World Tour Super 300 event
The semifinal loss in Indonesia is a thing of the past now. H.S. Prannoy will look to carry his good form forward when he spearheads the Indian challenge at the Taipei Open badminton tournament, starting on June 20.
World No. 9 Prannoy is seeded third 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 on 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. Prannoy would be desperate to make up for that loss.
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The other Indians in the Men's singles are Meiraba Luwang Maisnam, who is up against fifth seed Angus Ng Ka Long of Hong Kong, Kiran George, Sathish Kumar Karunakaran, Mithun Manjunath and S. Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian. Subhankar Dey and Parupalli Kashyap will have to go through the qualifiers.
Kodai Naraoka is the top seed in Men's singles. The other top male players in the tournament are Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien-chen (2nd) and Kenta Nishimoto (4th).
London Olympic bronze-medallist Saina Nehwal will look to regain her form in the Women's singles alongside compatriots Malvika Bansod, Aakarshi Kashyap and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde. Saina will be up against Thailand's Pornpicha Choeikeewong in the opening round, while Malvika will face third seed Beiwen Zhang.
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