World Championships: Prannoy stuns Gemke to seal spot in quarterfinals
It was Keralite Prannoy's first win over the world No. 10 shuttler in three matches.
It was Keralite Prannoy's first win over the world No. 10 shuttler in three matches.
It was Keralite Prannoy's first win over the world No. 10 shuttler in three matches.
Huelva (Spain): India's H S Prannoy continued his fine run as he knocked out Denmark's Rasmus Gemke 16-21, 21-8, 22-20 to enter the quarterfinals of the BWF World Championship here on Thursday night.
It was also Keralite Prannoy's first win over the world No. 10 shuttler in three matches.
The 29-year-old will take on Singapore's Loh Kean Yew in the quarterfinals.
Young Lakshya Sen also made it to the quarterfinals after outplaying Guatemala’s Kevin Cordon 21-13, 21-8 in just 32 minutes.
Kidambi Srikanth and reigning champion P V Sindhu had already booked their place in the quarterfinals.
The quarterfinals will be held today. Sindhu takes on top seed Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei in the first quarterfinal at 2.30 pm (IST).