HS Prannoy recovered from a first-game loss, but blew a five-point lead in the decider and a championship point to fall 9-21 23-21 20-22 to world number 24. Weng in a nail-biting finale
India’s HS Prannoy was runner-up at the Australian Open Super 500 badminton competition on Sunday, losing a three-game thriller to China’s Weng Hong Yang in the men’s singles final.
The 31-year-old from Kerala recovered from an opening-game loss, but blew a five-point lead in the decider and a championship point to lose 9-21 23-21 20-22 to world number 24 Weng in an exciting final.
Prannoy defeated Weng in another three-game humdinger to win the Malaysia Masters in May.
The BWF World Tour is divided into six levels, which are as follows: World Tour Finals, four Super 1000s, six Super 750s, seven Super 500s, and eleven Super 300s. The BWF Tour Super 100 level is another tournament category that awards ranking points.
In the BWF tournament rating system, the Super 500 is a Grade 2 (level 4) event.
