The 38th edition of the Asia Badminton Championships is currently underway in China. The tournament, which is taking place at the Wuhan Sports Centre Gymnasium, will pay out a total prize money of 350,000 dollars and will award the participants with valuable points for their respective BWF rankings.
India's H.S. Prannoy defeated Thailand's K. Wangcharoen in the first round of the Asia Badminton Championships by a score of 21-15, 19-21, 21-19. Prannoy will now face Chinese Taipei's Wang Tzu-Wei. Tzu-Wei pulled off an upset in the previous round when he defeated sixth seed, Lin Dan, coming from a game down. Tzu-Wei won with a score of 15-21, 21-9, 21-16.
The winner of this match will face either Son Wan-Ho of Korea or K. Tsuneyama of Japan in the quarterfinals.
Prannoy will definitely face a challenge in the form of Tzu-Wei, who will be pumped up after his victory over Lin Dan.