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Friday, Jul 18, 2025
The world No 17 pair will now take on the world No. 23 duo of Liu Xuan Xuan and Li Wen Mei of China in the quarterfinals.
The world No. 9, Prannoy, eked out a 21-19, 22-20 win over Wang in the 49-minute opening round clash to take his overall tally to 5-3 over the Taiwanese.
PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy were among the winners as India defeated Malaysia to advance.
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand notched up a 22-20, 17-21, 21-18 win over France's world No. 29 Margot Lambert and Anne Tran in their opener.
Prannoy ran out of steam in the 84-minute contest, losing 16-21, 21-19, 10-21 to the 21-year-old Naraoka.
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand fought hard before going down 13-21, 21-15, 17-21 to Bulgaria's Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva in the women's doubles pre-quarterfinals.
Sixth seed Sindhu, who was playing her first match since she sustained a stress fracture on her left ankle in August, lost 12-21, 10-21, 15-21 to Carolina Marin of Spain in 59 minutes.
Lakshya Sen would be the second men's singles player in the squad while Aakarshi Kashyap would provide backup to Sindhu in women's singles.
This was Prannoy's second career win over Axelsen, whom he had beaten during the Indonesia Masters last year.
With two losses, Prannoy's chances of making it to the knockout stage is as good as over and rests on results of multiple calculations.
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