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CWG 2018: Shuttler Prannoy loses in men's singles bronze medal match

CWG 2018: Shuttler Prannoy loses in men's singles bronze medal match

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The World No. 11 had a great start as he won the first game 21-17 at the Carrara Sports Arena

Indian shuttler HS Prannoy lost to England's Rajiv Ouseph in the men's singles bronze medal match at the 21st Commonwealth Games on Saturday.

The World No. 11 had a great start as he won the first game 21-17 at the Carrara Sports Arena.

However, Rajiv made a brilliant comeback in the next two games to beat Prannoy 25-23, 21-9 in an hour-long marathon match.

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World No 1 Kidambi Srikanth had earlier set up a date with World No 7 Lee Chong Wei in the summit clash of men's singles badminton competition at the Commonwealth Games. 

He had registered a comfortable win over England's Rajiv Ouseph in the semi-final on Saturday.

While Srikanth registered an easy 21-10, 21-17 straight games victory over Ouseph, Malaysia's Lee Chong overcame Prannoy 21-16, 9-21, 21-14 in the other semi-final.