Swiss Open Badminton Highlights: Former champion HS Prannoy enters final by defeating Anthony Ginting – Prannoy vs Ginting Highlights

Swiss Open Badminton Highlights: India’s HS Prannoy clinched a terrific upset victory over third seed Anthony Ginting to enter the finals of the Swiss Open. Anthony Ginting was the third seed and was expected to the the favourite in the contest. But Prannoy showed his prowess throughout the game to challenge the higher-ranked opponent and defeated him 21-19, 19-21, 21-18 to make his second appearance in the final in this tournament. Follow InsideSport.IN for more updates

Swiss Open Badminton Highlights: Former champion HS Prannoy enters final by defeating Anthony Ginting – Prannoy vs Ginting Highlights

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Right from the start the Indian started dominating the game as he took an early lead in the first set. Ginting however made a comeback to lead the first set 11-9 by the break. Prannoy soon fought his way back after the break.  Trailing 9-12, the former champion won five points on the trot to get back the lead. But a net error and a service fault helped Ginting level the score 18-18. Prannoy kept his calm and got the game point on his hand. He then played a terrific smash that dropped in front of the Indonesian, who couldn’t return it back, as Prannoy won the first set 21-19.

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In the second game, both the players were involved in an intense battle. When the scores were level at 8-8, Prannoy squandered a shot in the net to help his opponent take the lead. Ginting capitalised on that error and entered the break leading 11-8. From then on, neck-to-neck battle began. Trailing 19-20, Prannoy smashed outside the line to move the game into the deciding set.

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In the third set, Prannoy came back to maintain the lead as he moved into the break with a 11-8 lead. He then raced to a 14-8 lead before allowing the Indonesian to make a comeback. However he hit a smash to get to four match points and closed the game with another precise smash. Prannoy will now face the winner of the contest between Kidambi Srikanth and Jonatan Christie in the final.

Swiss Open Badminton Highlights: Former champion HS Prannoy enters final by defeating Anthony Ginting – Prannoy vs Ginting Highlights

Road to semi-finals: 

HS Prannoy 

• First Round: Defeated Sai Praneeth 25-23, 21-16
• Second Round: Defeated Kalle Koljonen 19-21, 21-13, 21-9
• Quarter-finals: Defeated Parupalli Kashyap 21-16, 21-16

Swiss Open Badminton Highlights: Former champion HS Prannoy enters final by defeating Anthony Ginting – Prannoy vs Ginting Highlights