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It, unfortunately, didn't prove to be the fairytale story for India’s Sai Praneeth and Indian badminton fans on Saturday as he lost 21-9 21-17 to former World No.1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in the semifinals of the US Open Grand Prix Gold.
Game 1 proved to be a completely one-sided as it seemed like the nerves had got the better of the Indian slightly and the Malaysian took full advantage of the stutter, racing away to a 4-0 early lead and then maintaining that lead throughout to win the game 21-9.
The second game saw both players win one out of the first 2 points before Lee won an astonishing 8 points on the trot to go 10-2 up, but impressively, Sai refused to back down and came roaring back to win 7 points straight to make it 10-9. Both players then exchange leads but just when it seemed like the Indian was getting some sort of grip over proceedings, the Malaysian once again won 5 points at a stretch to go from being 14-10 up to 19-10 up and that pretty much sealed it for the Indian and eventually went down 21-17 to bow out of the competition.’
Final Scoreline- Lee Chong Wei(MAL) beat Sai Praneeth(IND) 21-9 21-17
