<p> New Delhi: India's H S Prannoy progressed to the second round of the India Open Super 750 badminton tournament with a straight-game win over Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei here on Tuesday.</p>.<p> The World No.9 Indian dished out a compact game to outwit Chen, ranked 13th, 21-6 21-19 in a 42-minute clash at the K D Jadhav Indoor hall here.</p>.<p> It will be an all-Indian second round clash with Lakshya Sen and Priyanshu Rajawat set to face off in their opening match.</p>.Prannoy not thinking of Olympics at the moment.<p> "The planning was spot on in the first game. I was executing good shots from back of the court. He was not getting the length well, so I had to wrap it up", Prannoy said after the match.</p>.<p>"In the second game, he was pushing the speed and finishing a lot of shuttle from the back but I was happy to fight back from 11-16 and towards the end, I was playing the right game" he continued.</p>.<p> The shuttler added, "It was important to close it in two games because if it is the third game, then it is always a tough one as he (Chen) pushes with his experience." </p><p>Prannoy got into a nice rhythm right at the start, mixing his half smashes, drops and tosses from the back court.</p>.<p> Chen struggled to negotiate the length of the shuttle that Prannoy was playing and ended up committing too many errors. Soon, the Indian had an overwhelming 11-2 lead at the break.</p>.<p> He continued to dominate the rallies as Chen surrendered the opening game meekly in the end.</p>.<p> A small crowd had gathered by the time Prannoy took the court and chants of 'HSP' and 'India' filled the air in the stadium.</p>.<p> Prannoy, who was silently going about his business till then, too started celebrating his points gusto in the second game which had started on an even note.</p>.<p> However, he found himself 11-16 down when Chen stepped up and started playing some good cross court shots from the back court.</p>.<p> Just when it seemed the match will go into the decider, Prannoy fought back at 16-16 with a precise net return.</p>.<p> The Indian played more soft shots and drew Chen to the nets, extracting errors from his opponent to eventually nose ahead. </p>
<p> New Delhi: India's H S Prannoy progressed to the second round of the India Open Super 750 badminton tournament with a straight-game win over Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei here on Tuesday.</p>.<p> The World No.9 Indian dished out a compact game to outwit Chen, ranked 13th, 21-6 21-19 in a 42-minute clash at the K D Jadhav Indoor hall here.</p>.<p> It will be an all-Indian second round clash with Lakshya Sen and Priyanshu Rajawat set to face off in their opening match.</p>.Prannoy not thinking of Olympics at the moment.<p> "The planning was spot on in the first game. I was executing good shots from back of the court. He was not getting the length well, so I had to wrap it up", Prannoy said after the match.</p>.<p>"In the second game, he was pushing the speed and finishing a lot of shuttle from the back but I was happy to fight back from 11-16 and towards the end, I was playing the right game" he continued.</p>.<p> The shuttler added, "It was important to close it in two games because if it is the third game, then it is always a tough one as he (Chen) pushes with his experience." </p><p>Prannoy got into a nice rhythm right at the start, mixing his half smashes, drops and tosses from the back court.</p>.<p> Chen struggled to negotiate the length of the shuttle that Prannoy was playing and ended up committing too many errors. Soon, the Indian had an overwhelming 11-2 lead at the break.</p>.<p> He continued to dominate the rallies as Chen surrendered the opening game meekly in the end.</p>.<p> A small crowd had gathered by the time Prannoy took the court and chants of 'HSP' and 'India' filled the air in the stadium.</p>.<p> Prannoy, who was silently going about his business till then, too started celebrating his points gusto in the second game which had started on an even note.</p>.<p> However, he found himself 11-16 down when Chen stepped up and started playing some good cross court shots from the back court.</p>.<p> Just when it seemed the match will go into the decider, Prannoy fought back at 16-16 with a precise net return.</p>.<p> The Indian played more soft shots and drew Chen to the nets, extracting errors from his opponent to eventually nose ahead. </p>