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India’s highest-ranked men’s singles player HS Prannoy surged back from a game down to overpower defending champion Viktor Axelsen in the quarterfinals to assure himself his first BWF World Championships medal in Copenhagen, Denmark on Friday.
The 13-21, 21-15, 21-16 win makes Prannoy the fifth Indian men’s singles player to win a World Championships medal and also extends India’s record of having at least one medallist in the event since 2011.
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“Oh yes! I finally have a worlds medal,” said Prannoy after ensuring his maiden medal.
Prannoy, despite his current form, went into the match as an underdog against the Dane, who led their head-to-head record 7-2 and had won the last three tournaments he had participated in the run-up to the championship on home soil.
He will now face 3rd seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand, who packed off Chinese Taipei’s Wang Tzu Wei 18-21, 21-15, 21-13.
-PTI
When is HS Prannoy vs Kunlavut Vitidsarn BWF World Championships 2023 semifinal starting?
HEAD TO HEAD
The two have faced each other only once at the 2022 England Open in which Kunlavut Vitidsarn won 21-15, 24-22 against the Indian.
PRANNOY’S ROAD TO SEMIS
Quarterfinals- beat Viktor Axelsen 13-21, 21-15, 21-16
Third Round: Loh Kean Yew 21-18, 15-21, 21-19
Second Round: Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 21-9, 21-14
First Round: Kolle Koljonen 24-22, 21-10
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