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| BWF World Tour Finals: Fighting Prannoy loses to Naraoka | | |  agencies
NEW DELHI, Dec 8: India's HS Prannoy fought hard before going down in three games to rising Japanese shuttler Kodai Naraoka in the opening men's singles group A match at the BWF World Tour Finals here on Wednesday.
The World No. 12 Indian showed superb recovery after the opening game reversal and kept fighting in the decider before three unforced errors at the back end saw him lose 11-21, 21-9, 17-21 to Naraoka in an hour long contest.
It was his second defeat to the Japanese, having suffered a loss in their only meeting in Singapore Open in July.
"I thought I was in control for most part of the game but after 15-15 in the third game, I thought I started rushing and made errors from my end. Probably, it was a bad strategy, I should have been more patient," the 30-year-old said after the match.
"Coming into the good side (after change of ends in decider), I could have been more patient. I was doubting myself in couple of areas in third game. May be lack of match practice made it uncomfortable."
Prannoy will next face China's Lu Guang Zu, an opponent he had lost to in his only meeting at French Open this year. "All the matches are going to be tough but I have to shrug it off and get ready for tomorrow's match." |
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