Prannoy enters quarterfinals of French Open

Prannoy, who regained his career-best ranking of World No 12 that he had achieved in June two years ago, took just 31 minutes to see off Vittinghus 21-11 21-12 to set up a clash with 2016 Australian Open finalist Jeon Hyeok-jin of Korea. 

The Indian had lost to the World No 31 Jeon in the Canada Open in a close match this year. In another men’s singles match, it was curtains for Singapore Open Champion B Sai Praneeth after he lost 13-21 17-21 to Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto late yesterday. Young Indian doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, meanwhile, notched up a stunning win over World No 6 Danish combo of Mads Conrad-Petersen and Mads Pieler Kolding to reach their second quarterfinal of the season.