At the Indonesia Open badminton tournament,H S Prannoy stunned the legendary Lin Dan of China in the first round of themen’s singles in Jakarta yesterday. World No. 13 Prannoy prevailed over theChinese stalwart in three games 21-15 9-21 21-14 in the World Tour Super 1000event.
In women’s singles, Saina Nehwal enteredthe second round with an easy straight game win against Dinar DyahAyustine ofIndonesia.
In other matches, Sameer Verma defeatedRasmus Gemke of Denmark 21-9 12-21 22-20 to advance to the men’s singles secondround, while the women’s doubles pair of Jakkampudi Meghana and Poorvisha S Ramwent down to the Indonesian pair of Agatha Imanuela and Siti Fadia SilvaRamadhanti in straight sets 11-21 18-21.