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All England Championships: Sai Praneeth stuns favourite Lee Chong Wei
Updated On: 10 March, 2016 05:36 PM IST | | Agencies
<p>Unheralded Indian shuttler B Sai Praneeth scripted one of the biggest wins of his career, stunning two-time Olympic silver medallist and former World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in the opening round of the prestigious All England Championship</p>

Birmingham: Sai Praneeth upset Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in straight games while Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth also won their respective matches as Indian shuttlers enjoyed a good outing in the first round of the All England Open badminton tournament at the Barclaycard Arena here.
Praneeth, who qualifed for this tournament after fellow Indian Parupalli Kashyap withdrew with an injured knee, eked out a 24-22, 22-20 win over the second seeded Malaysian.
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