HS Prannoy sails into quarters

Defending champ HS Prannoy eked out a thrilling win over China’s Qiao Bin to advance to the quarter-finals of the Swiss Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament, here yesterday

Basel (Switzerland): Defending champ HS Prannoy eked out a thrilling win over China’s Qiao Bin to advance to the quarter-finals of the Swiss Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament, here yesterday.

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The fifth seeded, who had a 3-1 head-to-head record against his opponent, staved off a challenge from the 10th seeded Chinese 9-21, 23-21, 21-15 in a match that lasted an hour and 12 minutes.

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