Paris: Indian shuttler B Sai Praneeth suffered a narrow defeat against Lee Hyun Il of Korea in the opening round of the men's singles competition at the USD 300,000 French Open Super Series here.

Praneeth, who had won the Canada Open Grand Prix at Calgary in July, went down fighting 21-15 8-21 19-21 to Lee in a men's singles match that lasted close to an hour at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin last night.