HS Prannoy vs Angus Ng Ka Long Highlights, Taipei Open: Angus beats Prannoy 21-19, 21-8 to enter semifinal; Indian crashes out

That’s it! It’s the end of Prannoy’s journey in the Taipei Open as the Indian lost to Angus 21-19, 21-8 to crash out of the tournament.

Angus dominates after the break by taking a six-point lead at 14-8 and Prannoy’s hopes of qualifying for a second straight semifinal is slowly diminishing. It’s been that kind of a match where the Indian hasn’t been able to break the opponent’s strategy with some shots not going his way. Angus in the lead with the scoreline reading 17-8.

Prannoy closes in the gap but still trails by three points. Angus continued to attack and this time a smash to the right of Prannoy gives Angus a four-point lead over his opponent. The scoreline quickly turned into 10-5, in favour of Angus despite a desperate dive by Prannoy.

A six-point lead at the break and this match is slipping away from Prannoy’s grip. Angus leads 8-2 and the Indian has to find a way to bounce back.

Bright start for Angus in the second game as the Hong Kong shuttler took a 2-0 lead before Prannoy reduced the deficit by one point. The Indian banked on his powerful smash as he lept in the air to send the shuttle down the right of Angus to draw level. However, Angus was quick to extend the lead and took a four-point lead over his opponent as the Hong Kong player continued to dominate the second game.

It was soon 19-19 and Angus took the lead with a powerful backhand shot as the shuttle was out of Prannoy’s reach. A couple of minutes later, Angus closed out the opening game 21-19. Strong start.

Both players are going neck to neck, trying to take a lead and a false shot sees Angus take a one-point lead but Pannoy was quick to bounce back and level the first game 17 all. A powerful smash to the left of Angus saw the opponent hit the shuttle out of the court. Both players were engaged in a long rally and eventually Angus committed an error near the net to hand Prannoy an advantage.

Angus keeps Prannoy at the back end of the court but the Indian continues to attack and has played some lovely smashes. However, Angus with his solid net play and defence hasn’t allowed Prannoy to completely dominate. Both players draw level at 14-14.

Excellent comeback from the Indian as Prannoy draws level at 8-8 and then engaged Angus in long rallies to take a two-point lead to enter the break at 11-9.

Wonderful smash down the middle from the Indian but Angus levels it 5-5 and a rare fault by Prannoy allows his opponent to take a one-point lead. Angus extends the lead by engaging Prannoy at the net as the shuttler hits one out to hand Angus an advantage.

Prannoy is quick to take a 3-0 lead and starts well in the quarterfinal. However, Angus reduced the deficit by pocketing two points. Prannoy leads 5-3.

Right then, it’s almost time for the match to begin and Prannoy is scheduled to play on Court No. 2.

Where to watch Prannov vs Angus quarterfinal match live?

Live streaming of this match will be available on YouTube on BWF.TV.

The match has been further delayed from its initial scheduled time and will now start at 2:35 IST.

HS Prannoy will take on Angus Ng Ka Long at 2:25 IST, according to a latest update.

Former Commonwealth Games medallist Parupalli Kashyap went down 16-21, 17-21 to local favourite Su Li Yang. It was also the end of the road for the mixed doubles pair of Sikki Reddy and Rohan Kapoor as well.

Prannoy put up an impressive display at the Indonesia Open, a Super 1000 tournament, making it to the semifinals, where he lost to world No.1 and eventual winner Viktor Axelsen of Denmark.

Prannoy, who claimed the Malaysia Masters Super 300 title last month, has enjoyed a good run recently.

Ace Indian shuttler HS Prannoy waltzed into the quarterfinal of the Taipei Open after recording a comfortable straight-game win over Indonesia’s Tommy Sugiarto on Thursday. Prannoy, the country’s top-ranked men’s singles player, took 36 minutes to dispatch former world championship bronze medallist Sugiarto 21-9, 21-17 in the BWF World Tour Super 300 tournament.