<p>Continuing his impressive run, India&rsquo;s HS Prannoy stormed into the men&rsquo;s singles final at the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament with a hard-fought win over Indonesia&rsquo;s World No.5 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting here on Saturday.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Prannoy, 29, eked out a 21-19, 19-21, 21-18 win over Ginting in a thrilling semi-final that lasted an hour and 11 minutes, while PV Sindhu beat Supanida Katethong to enter the final. &nbsp;The Indian star shuttler beat Thailand&rsquo;s Katethong 21-18, 15-21, 21-19.</p>
<h2>Back in 2017</h2>
<p>It was Prannoy&rsquo;s first final in five years, having won the US Open in 2017.</p>
<p>A former Top-10 player, Prannoy came into the match with a 1-1 head-to-head count against Ginting, who is currently ranked 21 places higher than him at World No.5.\</p>
<h2>In good touch</h2>
<p>The Indian looked in good touch as he grabbed the initiative early and held a 6-3 lead which was quickly erased by Ginting to move to a 12-19 advantage at one stage.</p>
<p>A five-point burst gave Prannoy a slender two-point lead and he maintained it till 18-16 before a net error and a service fault helped his rival to level par.</p>
<p>Ginting, however, went to net twice himself to hand over Prannoy a game point and the Indian sealed it with a precise return on his rival&rsquo;s front court.</p>
<p>After a tight battle in the second game, it was Ginting who grabbed a three-point lead at the interval following a couple of errors from the Indian at the net and front court.</p>
<p>Prannoy tried to send his rival to the corners with his diagonal shots, but Ginting responded with a body return.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The Indian fought his way back to 18-19, but a judgement error at the backline gave one game point to Ginting, who squandered one with a net error before Prannoy smashed out to allow his rival to make a comeback.</p>
<p>The Indian increased his lead to 14-8, but he stumbled to a series of errors to allow Ginting make it 15-19. Prannoy unleashed a smash to grab four match points. He squandered two before entering the finals with another precise return.</p>
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