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The Indian ace singles player lost 16-21 15-21 to Zhao Jun Peng of China.
The Indian ace won 21-14, 21-12 in a contest that lasted 40 minutes.
The 29-year-old from Kerala dished out another impressive performance to outwit Ng Long 21-11 21-18 in a second round match that lasted 41 minutes.
This was Prannoy's first-ever win against Sen out of their three head-to-head meetings so far.
By virtue of the win, world No. 9 Bing Jiao, whom Sindhu had defeated at the Badminton Asia Championship, leads the Indian 10-8 on head-to-head record.
This was Sen's second straight defeat at the hands of Chou in less than a month.
Sen defeated Rasmus Gemke 21-18 21-15 while Sindhu edged Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 23-21 20-22 21-11.
Sen, who was part of the Indian team that claimed a historic Thomas Cup triumph in Bangkok, prevailed 21-18, 21-15 over world No. 13 Gemke in 54 minutes.
World championship bronze medallist Sen outwitted Denmark's Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus 21-10 21-18.
Editorial director Mathews Varghese presented cash prizes and a gold medal each to the trio at a function held at the Malayala Manorama office in Panampilly Nagar.