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China Open: Lakshya goes down fighting after Prannoy stuns Watanabe on mixed day for India (Ld)

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China Open: Lakshya Goes Down Fighting After Prannoy Stuns Watanabe On Mixed Day For India (Ld)

By IANS News July 22, 2025 • 18:58 PM View: 107

Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium:

India got off on a mixed note in their campaign in the China Open badminton tournament as two of its top male players had contrasting fortunes as the 19th event on the 2025 BWF calendar got off to a rollicking start here on Tuesday.

Prannoy staged a remarkable comeback to save five match points and defeated World No. 18 Koki Watanabe of Japan 8-21, 21-16, 23-21 in the opening round, recovering from 2-11 down in the decider to pull off the comeback for the ages to wrap up a memorable win.

TAGS China Open World No Koki Watanabe Asian Games Li Shifeng Anupama Upadhyaya Lin Hsiang Ti Chinese Taipei Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium Kavipriya Selvam Smiran Singh Lauren Lam Allison Lee Indians Amrutha Pramuthesh Sonali Singh Hsieh Pei

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