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Nagpur: The 82nd National Badminton tournament which in underway in Nagpur reached an exciting turn on Tuesday when HS Prannoy became the first finalist in Men’s Singles 2017 for the current season of Men’s singles. Prannoy beat Shubhankar Dey by – 21 14, 21 17. He would now fight the ultimate battle of racket with the winner of another semifinal.
Meanwhile another semifinal is goingg on between Shrikanth K and Lakshya SEB.
H.S Prannoy hails from Thiruvananthapuram and is the Indian number 2 (as of 2 April 2015) in badminton. He is supported by the GoSports Foundation, Bangalore and has been part of their scholarship programme since 2011.