Star Indian shuttler HS Prannoy received the Malaysia Masters title on Sunday. He claimed his maiden BWF World Tour title and likewise the primary singles crown of the yr for India. Prannoy ended a six-year-long title drought with a three-game win over China’s Weng Hong Yang. The 30-year-old Indian registered a 21-19 13-21 21-18 victory towards China’s world quantity 34 Weng Hong Yang, a 2022 Asian Championships bronze medallist within the sport that lasted 94 minutes.
World quantity 9 Prannoy, superior to the ultimate after his opponent Christian Adinata of Indonesia conceded the sport following a nasty knee harm. Prannoy was main 19-17 when Adinata misplaced his footing whereas touchdown after a leap return and his left knee buckled and the Indonesian shuttler was left in ache.
In the final two years, Prannoy has been essentially the most constant Indian participant within the circuit and but he was not capable of weave all of it collectively in per week to win a giant title within the BWF World Tour occasions. On Sunday, all his arduous work paid off because the world quantity 9 Prannoy lastly broke the jinx, doling out a superlative efficiency towards the 23-year-old from China in a battle of attrition.
When it involves PV Sindhu, she could not make it to the ladies’s singles finals after struggling a 14-21 17-21 loss to Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Tunjung within the semifinals. It was a second successive loss for Sindhu following seven wins towards Mariska.
Earlier Srikanth Kidambi suffered a disappointing defeat within the quarterfinals towards Christian Adinata of Indonesia. Kidambi received the primary set by 21-16 to take a assured lead however Adinata surprised the Indian ace shuttler by dominating the second set by 16-21 and the third set by 11-21 to complete the match in simply 57 minutes. Another shuttler, Lakshya Sen misplaced to Angus Ng Ka Long of Hong Kong and bowed out of the competitors within the spherical of 16. He ended his marketing campaign with straight units loss towards Angus 14-21, 19-21.