Commonwealth Games 2018: HS Prannoy loses badminton men's singles bronze medal match to Rajiv Ouseph

Gold Coast: Indian shuttler HS Prannoy lost to England’s Rajiv Ouseph in the men’s singles bronze medal match at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Gold Coast on Saturday. [caption id=“attachment_4431827” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File photo of HS Prannoy. AFP[/caption] The World No 11 Prannoy started on a positive note, winning the first game 21-17 at the Carrara Sports Arena. However, World No 22 Ouseph made a brilliant comeback in the next two games to beat Prannoy 25-23, 21-9 in the hour-long marathon match. World No 1 Kidambi Srikanth had earlier set up a date with World No 7 Lee Chong Wei in the summit clash of men’s singles badminton competition at the Commonwealth Games, after registering a comfortable win over England’s Rajiv Ouseph in the semi-final on Saturday. While Srikanth registered an easy 21-10, 21-17 straight games victory over Ouseph, Malaysia’s Lee Chong overcame Prannoy 21-16, 9-21, 21-14 in the other semi-final.