BWF World Tour Finals

Bangkok (Thailand): India's HS Prannoy ended his campaign in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals 2022 on a happy note with a superb ...

Axelsen tried to fight back strongly but Prannoy kept his nerve and closed out the game and match. Prannoy, who qualified for his maiden BWF World Tour Finals on the back of some strong performances, lost his previous two group matches from a winning position, going down in the decider. Ranked 12th in the world, the 30-year-old Prannoy was trailing 10-6 in the second game before he mounted a comeback.

HS Prannoy beat Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen 14-21, 21-17, 21-18 in a BWF World Tour Finals match on Friday. This is Prannoy's second win over Axelsen.

12 Prannoy engaged Axelsen in rallies and net play to squeeze the gap to 8-10 and earned five consecutive points to take a 16-12 lead after the interval with smashes and edge-of-the-court strokes. The game headed for a thrilling end, with both players going neck and neck at 18-18 before Prannoy earned two back-to-back points, one of which came off an unreturnable body smash, to take the match at 21-18. In the opening game, Axelsen raced to an 11-7 lead at the interval.

BWF World Tour Finals 2022: Despite having lost out on the race to the semi-finals, HS Prannoy came up with a heroic effort to stun Olympic champion Viktor ...

Notably, the Indian shuttler had come up with valiant battles only to go down in 3 games against Naraoka and Guang Zu. Viktor Axelsen, on the other hand, reached the semi-final despite his defeat to Prannoy. Axelsen did not let Prannoy run away with the lead in the decider as it was all square at 18-18 but the Dane was outpowered in the final few rallies of the match.

HS Prannoy will not advance to the BWF World Tour Finals semi-finals in 2022 since he lost his prior matches to China's Lu Guang Zu and Japan's Kodai ...

[BWF](/topic/bwf) World Tour Finals thanks to some impressive showings this year. In 2018, she triumphed in the women's singles competition at the [BWF](/topic/bwf) World Tour Finals. In the closing minutes, Viktor Axelsen had a chance to win the game, but HS Prannoy played flawlessly to secure victory.

HS Prannoy 14-21, 21-17, 20-18 Viktor Axelsen: Axelsen hits one long yet again and Prannoy has match points.

HS Prannoy 3-3 Viktor Axelsen: It’s been a quick start to the match. HS Prannoy 7-11 Viktor Axelsen: The world No 1 and defending champion has a four-point lead at the first game interval. HS Prannoy 14-21, 14-12 Viktor Axelsen: Prannoy is in the lead! HS Prannoy 14-21, 16-12 Viktor Axelsen: Six straight points for Prannoy and he roars again. HS Prannoy 14-21 Viktor Axelsen: That’s the first game in the bag for Axelsen in 17 minutes. HS Prannoy 14-21, 21-17, 7-5 Viktor Axelsen: Prannoy hits a smash, forces an error, and roars. HS Prannoy 14-21, 21-17, 11-10 Viktor Axelsen: Axelsen wins consecutive points to draw level but Prannoy manages to get his nose ahead at the interval. The Dane has a slender lead. HS Prannoy 14-21, 21-17 Viktor Axelsen: We’re going to a decider! He’s reading Prannoy well for the most part and will be confident of closing out this match in straight games. This match is tough to call now, could go either way if Prannoy is off to a strong start in the third game. He seemed down and out down 6-10 in the second game but never stopped believing and managed to get the win.

The World No.1 Danish however faces a tough challenge as he takes on Indonesia's Anthony Ginting, who is unbeaten in the tournament. Meanwhile, in the Wokmen's ...

The Indonesians managed to enter the interval with a 11-8 lead. The Indonesian pair started the contest with a 4-1 lead but the Chinse didn’t let the lead to swell as they started tehir fightback. However the Indonesian pair brought their experience to the fore as they clinched four crucial points to take the match into the decider. However the Chinese pair fought back and enjoyed a three-point lead going into the interval. She managed to level the scores 13-13 but the Japanese didn’t allow Tai to take the lead as she runs away with four successive points and lead 18-14. She maintained her lead after the break and clinched the first game 21-18. Soon the Japanese managed to take three successive points and entered the interval with a 11-9 lead. The one-sided contest continued afterwards and Axelsen sealed the second game 21-14 after a net-error from Ginting. Ginting, who was unbeaten in the tournament until this contest looked a pale shadow of himself and he didn’t even come close to giving a challenge to the World No.1. A disappointed Ginting said he was looking forward to a big 2023 and hoped to grow in confidence. Badminton World Tour Finals Highlights – World No.1 Viktor Axelsen ended the year by winning the BWF World Tour Championship title. He entered the interval with a five-point lead in the first game.