China Open: Prannoy, Sen ousted in first round

HS Prannoy. Pic/AFP

World Championship bronze medallist HS Prannoy made a shock opening-round exit from the China Open Super 1000 badminton tournament after going down 12-21, 21-13, 18-21 to Malaysia's Ng Tze Yong, who is ranked 22nd, here on Tuesday.

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Reigning Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen also crashed out of the tournament in the first round after losing to Anders Antonsen of Denmark 21-23, 21-16, 9-21.

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