The 21-year-old lost the opening set of the game against the Lakshya but fought back courageously to take the second and third sets to progress with a 16-21, 21-16, 21-13 scoreline in a match that lasted for 75 minutes.
Elevated from the Super 500 to the Super 750 status last year, the India Open 2024, is set to take place at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi from January 16-21.
Double Olympic medalist PV Sindhu and World No. 8 Prannoy HS will spearhead a strong Indian squad at the Badminton Asia Team Championships 2024 slated to be held in Shah Alam, Malaysia from February 13 to 19.
Asian Games gold medallists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and bronze medallist HS Prannoy will aim to boost their position in the world ranking ahead of the Paris Olympics while the likes of former world number one Kidambi Srikanth, 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Lakshya
India's ace shuttler HS Prannoy bowed out of the ongoing China Masters 2023 tournament after losing his Round of 16 clash against Japan's Kodai Naraoka on Friday.
India's star shuttles Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth and Priyanshu Rajawat suffered defeats in the men's singles round of 32 at the China Masters 2023 in Shenzhen on Wednesday.
Prannoy and Satwiksairaj-Chirag both World Championships bronze medalists registered straight game wins to move to the pre-quarterfinals stage, as per Olympics.com.
Indian shuttler HS Prannoy conceded a defeat in the second round of the Kumamoto Masters Japan 2023 on Thursday against Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien Chen.