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Patna : World No 32 H S Prannoy ( Prannoy Haseena Sunil Kumar), 29, India, upset 11th seed Rasmus Gemke, 24, Denmark,in three-games in 3rd round on December 16, 2021, late night, to enter the quarter-finals of TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2021 at Huelva, Spain. Prannoy will face World No 22 Loh Kean Yew, 24, Singapore, in QFs on December 17, 2021.
Prannoy beat Gemke 16-21, 21-8, 22-20 in 3rd round in 76 minutes coming back from behind.The India won 59 rallies during the match to 49 by the Dane. Prannoy won 8 consecutive points during the match to 6 by Gemke. Prannoy created 4 game points opportunities in the match to 3 by Gemke. Gemke, however, still leads Prannoy 2-1 Head to Head.
World No 15 Kidambi Srikanth, 28, and World No 19 Lakshya Sen,20, both India, have also reached QFs of BWF World Championships. Srikanth defeated Lu Guang Zu in straight games in 3rd round on December 16. Lakshya Sen beat World No 44 Kevin Cordon, 35, Gautemala, in straight games 21-13, 21-8 in 32 minutes in 3rd round on December 16, 2021.