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Praneeth, who will play in the Tokyo Olympics, was leading 15-10 at one stage of the first game before falling 17-21, 23-21, 18-21. This also ended the Indian challenge in the tournament. Praneeth led 11-7 at the interval after initially trailing in the first game.
Indian player B Sai Praneeth lost to world number 23 Li Shi Feng of China in the men’s singles quarterfinal of the badminton Thailand Open Super 300 here on Friday. Praneeth, who will play in the Tokyo Olympics, was leading 15-10 at one stage of the first game before falling 17-21, 23-21, 18-21. This also ended the Indian challenge in the tournament. Praneeth led 11-7 at the interval after initially trailing in the first game.
The Chinese player, however, came back after that and scored five points in a row and then won the first game. In the second game, Li was leading 16-10 at one point, but the Indian showed courage and came back brilliantly to push the match to a decider. In the deciding game, Lee came close to winning by taking an 18-12 lead, but Praneeth didn’t give up and made it 18-19. The Chinese player then won the match by scoring two consecutive points.
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