On a comeback trail, the fifth seeded Prannoy took just 36 minutes to get the better of Bosniuk 21-14, 21-18 in his opening match. However, the tournament was over for fourth seed Sameer Verma after he retired hurt against Ireland’s Nhat Nguyen
HS Prannoy
India’s HS Prannoy entered the second round of the men’s singles competition at the Syed Modi International badminton tournament after registering a straight-game win over Ukraine’s Danylo Bosniuk, but seventh seed Sourabh Verma was stunned by Azerbaijan’s Ade Resky Dwicahyo here on Tuesday.
On a comeback trail, the fifth seeded Prannoy took just 36 minutes to get the better of Bosniuk 21-14, 21-18 in his opening match. However, the tournament was over for fourth seed Sameer Verma after he retired hurt against Ireland’s Nhat Nguyen.
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Sameer was trailing 2-7 in the first game before he decided to concede the match due to a calf muscle injury, which he had sustained in October last year.
Subhankar Dey also conceded his match against compatriot Kartikey Gulshan Kumar due to an injury when he was trailing 2-9 in the opening game. Later in the day, Sourabh suffered a 21-15, 19-21, 18-21 first-round defeat to Dwicahyo in a match that lasted one hour and seven minutes.
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