The HS Prannoy Indian shutter organized a remarkable comeback that defeated Japanese Koki Watanabe on Tuesday’s China Open Super 1000 Badminton Tournament in Changzhou on Tuesday, saving five matches to win 8-21, 21-16, 23-21.World No. 35 Prannoy showed exceptional resistance to the 18th evaluation of Watanabe, especially in the final game, where he faced several points of matches.Lake SHI Feng suffered a unsatisfactory loss for the Chinese fifth seed and lost 21-14, 22-24, 11-21 after ensuring an early advantage.“This point in my career, every victory matters. I am glad that I was back on tour, there was a small breaks back and forth.“Average age suddenly happened 22-23 in male singles. Lots of fresh faces and you really don’t know what their game is. So it’s hard to be out there,” he added.
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Prannoy, a former Top-10 player and a bronze medalist at the 2023 World Championship, fought in the opening game when Watanaba dominated. In the second game, however, recovered with improved court coverage and control.The last game saw Prannoy ending 2-11 before mounted comeback and gained five consecutive points. Although he faces points in 15-20 matches, he showed exceptional peace to save all five and secure the victory of 23-21.In other matches, Anupama Upiphyay lost her female singles, which opened the wheels of the Chinese Taiwa Lin Hsiang ti with a score of 23-21, 11-21, 10-21.The tournament also recorded premature exits for Indian mixed double pairs. Surya and Pramuthesh and Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvik Gadde were excluded in their opening rounds.
