Prannoy has been in a rich vein of form in 2022, having played a pivotal role in India's maiden Thomas Cup title. The shuttler was also the only Indian to feature in the BWF World Tour finals where he finished with a victory over World No 1 Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in his third and final Gr
HS Prannoy will not advance to the BWF World Tour Finals semi-finals in 2022 since he lost his prior matches to China's Lu Guang Zu and Japan's Kodai Naraoka
The prestigious tournament, which will be played at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall, has been upgraded to BWF World Tour Super 750 category in the new tournament cycle from the previous Super 500 and is a part of the Asian circuit that will kick-start the new season of international badminton.
Kodai Naraoka of Japan defeated Prannoy in his first match of the mega tournament on Wednesday. Even if the third-seeded Indian badminton player defeats Tokyo 2020 winner Viktor Axelsen in the last group match on Friday, the back-to-back losses will not allow him to advance to the semi-final
HS Prannoy, ranked 12th in the world, was defeated by world No. 14 Japanese shuttler 21-12, 9-21, 21-17 in a men's singles Group A match that lasted an hour.
The World No. 12, playing in his first year-end tournament, has been clubbed in Group A along with Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark, Japan's Kodai Naraoka and China's Lu Guang Zu.
The ace shuttler registered a win in the round of 32 matches against the Indonesian to advance into the round of 16 in the French Open badminton tournament.
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