Badminton Highlights, Paris 2024 Olympics: Prannoy beats Vietnam’s Duc Phat Le to seal R016 berth

Prannoy converts his first match point. Took some time to get going with some unforced errors in the first set but improved his movement across the court and cut down the errors to seal the next two sets comfortably. 

Prannoy beats Le - 16-21, 21-11, 21-12

A shot into the net after a long while from Prannoy. Had cut that down in comparison to the first set. 

Le misses a straightforward smash to the backhand side. An excellent smash cross court from Prannoy. 

Prannoy goes alternate, placing deep shots with the drops and forces Le into an error. Le executes a perfect drop to reduce the lead.

A strong smash from Le low to the backhand side, reduces the arrears. A prefect drop shot from Prannoy catches Le on his heels. 

Renewed vigour in Prannoy’s play after that rally. Gets two points in a row to extend the lead. 

Le hits a smash from deep into the net. Unbelievable rally!!! Prannoy manages to reach to either end of the court, forcing the rally deep and forces Le to hit one wide. 

A touch unlucky for Prannoy. Le’s shot catches the net but falls into the right court. Le makes a good comeback, stringing in a few points in a row. 

Le falters in his return of serve again, hits it into the net. Prannoy misses a straightforward vertical racket shot.

A great smash from Le to the forehand side of Prannoy. Just a one point gap now. 

A good drop shot catches out Le who gets to it with a forward reach but hits it wide. Another hit into the net from Prannoy. 

Prannoy to serve. Le hits the return straight into the net. Prannoy the culprit this time, finding the net again. Le hits his smash wide. 

A perfectly placed smash again, forcing another unforced error. Couple more unforced errors puts Prannoy on the cusp of the second set which he duly seals. 

Excellent defence from Prannoy, getting forward quickly, forced Le into a backhand shot into the net

Prannoy pushed Le deep on either side with two smashes before executing a prefect drop. Hits the next one wide though on the first return. 

Unforced error from Prannoy this time, hitting one wide on the forehand side. Strong smashes from Prannoy forces le into more unforced errors. 

Le misses his smash to the forehand side. A couple of drop shots from Prannoy and Le hits one into the net. Time for a breather. 

Le hits it down the middle but hits it too deep again. Excellent placement on the push from Le, forces Prannoy into an unforced error. 

Le misses another drop shot to give Prannoy a three point lead. Another unforced error makes it a four point lead before Prannoy gets one wide as well. 

Le does brilliantly well to stay in the rally as Prannoy makes him move quickly to either side. A good smash to the backhand side to seal the point. 

A comfortable start to the set for Prannoy as its his opponent that is making the unforced errors. Prannoy misjudges one and leaves on the backhand side but it falls inside. 

Le to serve first in the second. The Vietnamese missed a fairly straightforward vertical shot, hitting it too deep. Le hits one wide on the forehand side to trail by two. 

Prannoy lob to the deep falls beyond the baseline. Prannoy hits another one into the net to hand the first set to the Vietnamese. 

Le wrests back the initiative with a couple of points. Has Prannoy diving full length but the Indian doesn’t get enough power. 

Prannoy gets a point with a smart drop shot followed by an easy smash into the centre of the mat. Another combination of similar shots and Prannoy is pumped!

Another point with a deep hit into the forehand side for Le. Falls inside the baseline again. Le lets one go deep on the backhand side, realises its falling in but its too late to adjust. 

A strong smash by Le this time to the forehand side. Prannoy unable to reach it. Prannoy lets a deep one alone and falls just inside the baseline. 

A powerful smash by Prannoy puts Le on the backfoot, cannot generate enough power and hits it into the net. A strong defence in the following point but he hits it into the net again. 

Gopichand with some advice as Prannoy takes a breather while trailing in the set. Needs to cut down on the unforced errors. 

A couple of unforced errors sees Le take the lead. Prannoy having some uncharacteristic difficulty clearing the net.

Prannoy leaves a deep shot by Le and the ball falls out. Prannoy hits one to the net to bring the scores to a one-point gap. 

Prannoy on the attack, quick smashes into the body before placing it to Le’s backhand side. Le hits the next on into the net. 

Prannoy goes defensive, expertly blocking a few smashes before eventually conceding a point. A shot to the net from Prannoy levels the score. 

A couple of jump smashes puts Le on the backfoot and Prannoy completes the point with a winner on the forehand side. 

Prannoy goes for the cross-court drop shot and it is placed to perfection. Le drops the next shot wide. 

Prannoy with some quick feet movement to prod forward and finish off an easy shot and open his account in the set. 

Le wit the first serve. A long rally culminates in a point for the Vietnamese as Prannoy hits it long. 

Prannoy beat Roth - 21-18, 21-12

Le beat Roth - 21-10. 21-10

The Paris 2024 Olympics men’s group stage encounter between HS Prannoy and Duc Phat Le will be streamed live on the Jio Cinema app. The game will be also be telecast on the Sports 18 network. 

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