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Taipei Open Highlights: HS Prannoy loses to Angus Ng Ka Long in quarterfinal

Taipei Open Highlights: HS Prannoy loses to Angus Ng Ka Long in quarterfinal

HS Prannoy's campaign at the Taipei Open has come to an end. The World No.9 Indian suffered a 21-19, 21-8 loss against Hong Kong's Angus Ng Ka Long in the quarterfinal at the Super 300 event on Friday, 23rd June 2023.

Taipei Open Highlights: – HS Prannoy’s campaign at the Taipei Open has come to an end. The World No.9 Indian suffered a 21-19, 21-8 loss against Hong Kong’s Angus Ng Ka Long in the quarterfinal at the Super 300 event on Friday, 23rd June 2023.

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Prannoy began the contest with a 5-2 lead. However Long soon manages to go past the Indian with four straight points. From then on both the shuttlers engaged in a tight game. Prannoy managed to enter the interval with a slender 11-9 lead.

The neck-to-neck battle continued. At 19-19, Long hit a body smash and got to the game point. Prannoy made a error by hitting outside the baseline as Long went on to win the first game.

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Angus Ng Ka Long went on to dominate in the second game. He took five successive points and took a 7-2 lead. He managed to enter the interval with a five-point lead after a net-error from Prannoy.

Long continued to dominate as with eight successive points, he raced to a 20-8 lead. Prannoy then misjudges a leave at the baseline and Long went on to win the contest in straight games. With the victory, Angus Ng Ka Long has levelled 6-6 against Prannoy.

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