Indonesia Open: India’s HS Prannoy stuns top ranked Lee Chong Wei
India’s H S Prannoy stunned World No 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in straight games to storm into the quarterfinals of the USD 1,000,000 Indonesia Super Series Premier.
The World No. 25 Indian, who went into the match with a 0-2 head-to-head record, saw off three-time Olympic silver medallist Lee 21-10 21-18 in a 40-minute men’s singles contest at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC).
“Lee looked ordinary today and I took my chances. I am very happy to have won,” Prannoy told PTI.
K Srikanth also dug deep into his reservoir to notch up a stunning 21-15 20-22 21-16 victory over fourth seed Denmark’s Jan O Jorgensen to make the quarters too.
“Tough match today but happy to be on the winning side,” said Srikanth after the match.
Prannoy will next face Olympic champion Chen Long of China, while Srikanth will meet the winner of the match between Chinese Taipei’s Tzu Wei Wang and Hong Kong’s Ng Ka Long Angus.
Prannoy looked in ominous form as he opened up a 6-0 lead in the opening game and then jumped up to a 10-3 advantage.
After the break, the Indian continued to move ahead to eventually pocket the game without much ado.
In the second game, Prannoy once …read more