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The Times of India
The Times of India
Sport
M Ratnakar | TNN

HS Prannoy played some brilliant strokes, says chief coach Pullela Gopichand

HS Prannoy suffered a heart-breaking loss after squandering a crucial five-point lead in the third game against Weng Hong Yang of China 9-21, 23-21, 20-22 in the final of the Australian Open BWF Super-500 tournament in Sydney on Sunday.

Luck deserted Prannoy at crucial moments as he put up a brilliant fight against Weng. Leading 14-19 in the third game, Prannoy made a couple of mistakes to allow the Chinese to reduce the gap to 16-19. At this moment both players were involved in the longest rally of the match (71 shots).

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