CHANGZHOU: World Championship bronze medallist HS Prannoy made a shock opening-round exit from the China Open Super 1000 badminton tournament after going down in three games to Malaysia's Ng Tze Yong here on Tuesday.
The world number six Indian toiled hard for one hour six minutes before losing 12-21, 21-13, 18-21 to the Malaysian, who is ranked 22nd.
