Singapore Open: Chou, Christie Exit
The Singapore Open 2022 lost two of its men’s singles contenders with the defeats of third seed Chou Tien Chen and fifth seed Jonatan Christie to Prannoy H. S. and Kodai Naraoka.
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Chou, who started the tournament as the highest seed following the withdrawals of Danes Viktor Axelsen and Anders Antonsen, struggled to impose his game on Thomas Cup winner Prannoy after taking the opener 21-14.
World No.19 Prannoy stayed patient to bounce back and win a close second game 22-20.
“The first two were tricky because I wasn’t able to understand what game to play,” admitted Prannoy. “It was important to hang on until he cracked and that happened towards the end of the second game.”
- Chou Tien Chen
- Jonatan Christie
- Prannoy H. S.
- Kodai Naraoka
- Viktor Axelsen
- Anders Antonsen
- Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo
- Brian Yang
- Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
- Lin Chun-Yi
- Pusarla V. Sindhu
- Nguyen Thuy Linh
- Han Yue
- Lee Yang
- Wang Chi-Lin
- He Ji Ting
- Zhou Hao Dong
- Ong Yew Sin
- Teo Ee Yi
- Goh Sze Fei
- Nur Izzuddin
- Saina Nehwal
- He Bing Jiao