HS Prannoy, Sourabh Verma star in Ahmedabad's win over NE

27 December,2017 08:52 AM IST |  Guwahati  |  PTI

Indian shuttlers HS Prannoy, Sourabh Verma and World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei won their singles matches respectively to help Ahmedabad Smash Masters thrash North Eastern Warriors 4-1 in the Premier Badminton League


Indian shuttlers HS Prannoy, Sourabh Verma and World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei won their singles matches respectively to help Ahmedabad Smash Masters thrash North Eastern Warriors 4-1 in the Premier Badminton League. In the third fixture of the evening, Tai Tzu whipped the Warriors' Michelle Li (Canada) 15-6, 15-10 in the women's singles to give them a handy 2-1 lead.


Ahmedabad Smash Masters Sourabh Verma returns a shot during his singles match at the third edition of Premier Badminton League 2017-18 in Guwahati on Tuesday. Pic/PTI

As the team's Trump Player, she also delivered the extra point as expected. World No. 10 Prannoy then outplayed World No. 11 Tzu Wei Wang (Taiwan), to keep his undefeated record in the PBL since the last season intact. His eighth successive victory in the League gave the Smashers an unassailable 3-1 lead. Earlier, Sourabh tamed Pratul Joshi 15-10, 15-7

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