Notwithstanding the loss, it was a brilliant achievement for Prannoy as he became only the fifth Indian men's singles player to win a World Championships medal.
In the final Indian match of the day, seventh seed Prannoy prevailed over Naraoka, seeded third, 21-18 21-6 to book his semifinal berth.
Kunlavut beat Olympic champion Axelsen of Denmark in 64 minutes to claim his maiden Super 750 tournament title.
HS Prannoy enters the Semi-Finals of the World Badminton Championships by defeating world no.1 Viktor Axelsen. Finally the World no. 9 would have a worlds medal in his pocket.
The 29-year-old from Odense won eight titles in 2022, including the World Championships, All England and World Tour Finals.
Srikanth squandered a 14-5 lead in the second game after losing the opening to go down 14-21 19-21 to the world number 1.
Prannoy failed to rise to the occasion against top seed Viktor Axelsen of Denmark, going down 15-21 15-21 in straight games.
Prannoy scripted a stellar run in 2022 as he regained his world No. 8 ranking from the 2019 lows of 34, riding on some fantastic performances throughout the year.
The tie was already inconsequential for Prannoy, as he had lost his earlier two Group A matches.
Prannoy put up a brave effort but couldn't go the distance, losing 21-23 21-17 19-21 in a gruelling 84-minute contest.
HS Prannoy has had a mixed 2022 so far but wants to end on a sweeter note with the World Tour Finals title to his name.
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Lakshya Sen was part of the Indian men's team that won the Thomas Cup, while PV Sindhu is a former world champion.
India’s men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost to Indonesian Pramudya Kusumawardana and Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Rambitan.
Laskhya Sen lost the final match of men's singles 21-10, 21-15 to Viktor Axelsen at the All England Open Badminton Championships 2022.
Lakshya Sen had stunned Viktor Axelsen last month in German Open 2022 semis. However, he lost to the Danish player in the final in Birmingham.
2012 Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal and 2021 World Championships runner-up Kidambi Srikanth also notched up opening-round wins.
Lakshya Sen got better of Viktor Axelsen 21-13, 12-21, 22-20 in a semifinal that lasted one hour and 10 minutes.
