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JAKARTA: HS Prannoy surprised the legendary Lin Dan from China while his compatriot Sameer Verma defeated Danish Rasmus Gemke to advance to the second round of the Open 's badminton event. Indonesia Tuesday.
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World number 13 Prannoy started well against Lin Dan, eighth, by winning the first game 21-15. However, the Chinese shuttler came back strong to win the second 21-9 and level the match.
Prannoy then dug deep into his tank to see the iconic 21-14 shuttler at the event of 1,250,000 USD. Prannoy had also been right Lin Dan at the 2015 French Open.
In other games, Verma beat Gemke 21-9, 12-21, 22-20 in a match that lasted a little over an hour.
However, the curtains of Jakkampudi Meghana and Poorvisha S Ram, women's doubles, went to the Indonesian pair Agatha Imanuela and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti 11-21, 18-21.
Other Indians in the fight, Sai Praneeth and Saina Nehwal, are scheduled to play later in the day.
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