Rajawat, World No. 30, rallied from a game down to edge out an erratic Sen, ranked 19th, 16-21, 21-16, 21-13 in a 75-minute opening round match here
Priyanshu Rajawat and HS Prannoy
Talented shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat shocked Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen in an all-Indian clash to join HS Prannoy in the second round of the India Open Super 750 badminton tournament here on Tuesday.
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Rajawat, World No. 30, rallied from a game down to edge out an erratic Sen, ranked 19th, 16-21, 21-16, 21-13 in a 75-minute opening round match here.
World No. 9 Prannoy dished out a compact game to outwit Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei, ranked 13th, 21-6, 21-19 in a 42-minute match at the KD Jadhav Indoor hall earlier in the day. It was a second straight first-round exit for Sen, which jeopardises his Olympic qualification chances.
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