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India Open Super 750: How HS Prannoy stepped out from the background to be India’s frontrunner

It was fitting that the match schedule at the India Open Super 750 had HS Prannoy as the first Indian shuttler in action. In the last year, with the inconsistent Lakshya Sen and Srikanth Kidambi along with the struggling PV Sindhu, Prannoy has emerged as the leading singles player from the country, currently the only one in the top 10 of the world rankings.Stepping onto the court on a cold Tuesday morning in Delhi, Prannoy was red hot as he overcame tricky former World No.2 Chou Tien Chen in straight games to seal his place in the second round. In their last seven meetings, Prannoy and Chou had played four three-game contests that went upwards of an hour. There are rarely one-sided matches between them, but Prannoy started in fifth gear to race through the opening game. Knowing what was...