Indonesia Open: Prannoy stuns Lee, Srikanth shocks Jorgensen

TIL Desk Sports/ India’s H S Prannoy stunned World No 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in straight games to storm into the quarter-finals of the $ 1,000,000 Indonesia Super Series Premier on Thursday. The World No 25 Indian, who went into the match with a 0-2 head-to-head record, saw off three-time Olympic silver medallist Lee 21-10, 21-18 in a 40-minute men’s singles contest at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC).

“Lee looked ordinary today and I took my chances. I am very happy to have won,” Prannoy said. “Tough match today but happy to be on the winning side,” said Srikanth after the match. Prannoy will next face Olympic champion Chen Long of China, while Srikanth will meet the winner of the match between Chinese Taipei’s Tzu Wei Wang and Hong Kong’s Ng Ka Long Angus.

K Srikanth also dug deep into his reservoir to notch up a stunning 21-15, 20-22, 21-16 victory over fourth seed Denmark’s Jan O Jorgensen to make the quarters too. World No 22 Srikanth, however, had to toil hard to get across Jorgensen, ranked 9th. The 24-year-old from Guntur had beaten Jorgensen in straight games during their last meeting at the Rio Olympics and he once again had the last laugh in the 57-minute hard-fought battle.