Badminton at the Australian Open: HS Prannoy loses in the quarterfinals, ending India’s challenge

 

The Australian Open Super 500 badminton event saw India’s challenge come to an end on Friday with HS Prannoy Japan’s Kodai Naraoka’s 19-21, 13-21 victory in the quarterfinals.

As a result, all of the Indian competitors in the Sydney event have advanced past the quarterfinals.

The 10th place in the world On a day when his countryman Sameer Verma, the mixed doubles team of Sikki Reddy and B Sumeeth Reddy, and the women’s singles player Aakarshi Kashyap also drew blanks, Prannoy was the last player eliminated.

After trailing 10–16, Prannoy rallied to tie the match at 18–all and then take a one-point lead, but Naraoka maintained composure to win the opening game.

In the second game, Naraoka was much better as he unexpectedly increased