HS Prannoy extended his dream of running with another impressive victory against the Darai Liew from Malaysia 21-7, 21-17 in the second round of the BWF World Championship in Huelva, Spain, on Wednesday.
Moments later in the same court, a pair of women’s doubles from Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy surprised Chinese seeds Liu Xuan Xuan and Xia Yu Ting 21-11, 21-21, 21-13 to join Sandal of the Indian Squad Pre-quarter-finals.
However, Mr Arjun and Dhruv Kapila lost to former English champion Vladimir Ivanov and Ivan Sozonov from Russia 11-21, 16-21 in the second round multiply.
Ashwini-sikki recovered from mid-medi slump to dominate the Chinese in the third match.
In the pre-quarter-finals, they will play the winner of the match between the sixth seed Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajjaji from Thailand and Russia Alina Davletova and Ekaterina Malkova.
Previously, Prannoy was in full stream of Daren Liew.
He started well and only took 42 points to facilitate passing Daren.
Even though Malaysians, who have been said to be the next superstar after Lee Chong Wei, put up a fight in the second match, Prannoy is much better than them.
Having fun with his victory, India said that he had attached to the strategy against Daren.
“He is a very talented player and gets a good shot from a different angle.
I know it’s important for me to stay focused on all matches.” Prannoy, added that he was mentally strong today.
“I know there will be a patch of points Daren will play very well.
It’s important for me not to fight mentally against the bad points.
I’m really happy that my mentally is good today,” he added.
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Prannoy is happy with the condition and says that the key is to trust himself.
“The condition is good and we can give a good elevator here.
So it’s important not to give points in the first three punches.
I know physically I’m there and can get points.
The key is to trust yourself,” Prannoy said.
Kerala Shuttler, who fought several injuries in his career, said that he was in a good room now.
“In Indonesia I feel much better, the European circuit is bad because I have a back injury.
The body is better now and there is a lot of confidence.
The first round was also very tiring against Long, but I entered a better room now,” he said .
In the pre-quarter-finals on Thursday, Prannoy will play the winner of the match between the 11th seed Rasmus Gemke of Denmark and Luis Enrique Mostve of Spain.
Prannoy said that there would be no special preparation for this match.
“There will be no special preparation, I know the match will get tighter from here.
It is very important to focus on the aspects of recovery and the game will take care of himself.
It is very important to remain calm in such a way that the tournament is important.
We know a lot of hush-hushes that occur in the media Social, “said Prannoy.