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Australia Open show instils confidence in shuttler Rajawat
Updated On: 11 August, 2023 06:05 PM IST | Mumbai | Sundari Iyer
India badminton player Priyanshu says a semi-final exit Down Under is not what he expected, but it has given him loads of positivity
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Priyanshu Rajawat returns to HS Prannoy during their semi-final of the Australia Open badminton tournament in Sydney last week. PIC/AFP
INDIA shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat, 21, climbed three places to achieve his career-best ranking of World No. 28 following his maiden semi-final finish in a Super 500 tournament—the Australian Open—in Sydney last week. But he is dejected over not being able to defeat HS Prannoy, his training partner at the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy (PGBA) in Hyderabad.
Rajawat went down 18-21, 12-21 in the semi-final at the Australian Open after his quarter-finals win (21-13, 21-8) over former World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth. This season, Rajawat has managed to stretch World No. 2 Anthony Ginting, World No. 4 Kodai Naraoka and Lakshya Sen to three games.
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