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The achievements of Chopra, Praggnanandhaa and Prannoy will spur a new generation of Indians to take to these events with vigour and passion.
South Korea clinched its first singles gold at the BWF world championships through An Se-young.
At 31, the Thiruvananthapuram native is now India's biggest medal hope at next year's Paris Olympics.
The Indian ace lost the semifinal 21-18, 13-21, 14-21 to the World No. 3.
Prannoy won his quarterfinals in three games against the fan favourite.
The India pair lost to Denmark's Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in straight games.
World No. 11 Lakshya Sen, a winner of bronze medal at the 2021 edition, however, couldn't get past Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn.
The Commonwealth Games bronze winners, who had received a bye in the first round, will face top seeds Chinese Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan in the next round.
The most successful Indian at World Championships with five medals, Sindhu lacked any sting in her attack and went down tamely 14-21 14-21 to old nemesis Nozomi Okuhara of Japan, a 2017 gold medallist and silver winner in 2019.
Prannoy, the world number 9, who reached the quarterfinals in the last two editions, saw off the left-handed Koljonen 24-22, 21-10 to extend his head-to-head count over the Finnish player to 3-0.