The top seed clearly looked more tired than his opponent during the business end of the match and handed the Thai his first Super 750 crown with an unforced error while returning a short serve.
Lakshya Sen’s strong defence and relatively slower playing conditions, created problems for HS Prannoy, who needed to come up with something special to pack off his younger opponent.
It was a double delight for India as World championship bronze medallist Lakshya Sen and doubles specialists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty bagged their first Yonex-Sunrise India Open titles here on Sunday.
“He is a very good friend of mine and I actually have a very good relationship and I am happy to see him do well in his first world championship,” Loh said.
