HS Prannoy won the rain-affected match to join Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty, Dhruv Kapila/Tanisha Crasto and Malvika Bansod in the pre-quarterfinals of Malaysia Open BWF Super 1000 tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. In the biggest upset so far in the tournament, Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen crashed out in the first round. The Dane lost to Cheuk Yiu Lee of Hong Kong 17-21, 13-21.
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Earlier, Prannoy recovered after losing the second game to beat Brian Young of Canada 21-12, 17-21, 21-15. Malvika ousted Goh Jin Wei of Malaysia 21-15, 21-15. Satwik-Chirag beat Ming Che Lu and Tang Kai Wei of Chinese Taipei 21-10 , 1621, 21-5. Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto downed Sung Hyun Ko and Hye Won Eom of South Ko rea 21-13, 21-14. In an all-Indian mixed doubles tie, Sathish Karunakaran and Aadya Variyath eased past Ashith Surya and Amrutha Pramuthesh 21-13, 21-15.
Prannoy, whose first round match was deferred to Wednesday following a leaky roof, worked hard against Young. The Indian, who was leading 6-3 in the second game on Tuesday, lost momentum on Wednesday as Young moved ahead from 9-9 to 14-11 before winning at 21-17.
However, Prannoy came back strongly in the third securing an 11-5 lead and winning the game with a big margin of 21-15. Prannoy will face Li Shi Feng of China, who defeated Priyanshu Rajawat 21-11, 21-16 in the first round. Prannoy enjoys a 3-1 win-loss record against Li.
Malvika is the lone Indian left in women’s singles. The Nagpur girl will face third seed Han Yue of China in the second round.
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