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Prannoy is a mere spectator as Wang races away to victory, 21-23, 21-17, 21-15.
Much to Prannoy's dismay, Wang is looking extremely confident now and only keeps on building his lead further for 18-15.
Is this slipping away fast from the Indian's grip now? Can he produce some last-minute magic?
But Wang is irrepressible and surges ahead to 17-15.
Yes he does! Prannoy takes the next point to reduce the deficit to 14-15
Can Prannoy stall his rival's momentum?
Wang is now beginning to assert himself and inches ahead to 15-13.
Wang is still able to maintain his one-point slim lead for 13-12.
At the mid-game interval, Wang has a slim advantage of 11-10
And he has now levelled the game at 10-10
The Chinese Taipei shuttler is fighting back impressively to grab 3 points in a row for 8-9
Prannoy extends the lead to 9-5.
Wang trying to fight back but Prannoy is still ahead by 7-5.
He now has a three-point lead over Wang, 6-3.
Prannoy has the early lead of 3-1 in Game 3.
We are one game apiece as Wang takes the second game, 21-17.
And Wang also has a bagful of game points, 20-17
The momentum is now all with Wang and he races away to 19-16.
And he even takes the lead himself, 17-16
But this time he is successful and he makes the game all square at 16-16
Wang's attempts to level are foiled again as Prannoy jumps out to 16-14
And he keeps up his pressure on Wang for 15-13.
Prannoy stops it to snatch back the lead for 13-11
After the break, the momentum has shifted to Wang's side. He grabs two quick points for 11-11.
Prannoy disrupts Wang's rhythm and inches ahead to 11-9 at the lemon break with some masterful strokeplay.
The rallies are getting longer and Wang produces some spectacular defensive play to close in on 8-9.
He holds on to his two-point lead, 9-7.
But Prannoy breaks away through his array of attacking shots for an 8-6 lead.
It continues to be a gritty battle between the two as none wants to give the other any inch of space. The two are even once more at 5-5
The initial part of the second game is highly competitive and the two are even at 2-2
Can Wang produce any comeback? Both their meetings have gone the distance and it would not be surprising to see this one too following the trend!
And this time, Prannoy makes no mistake in converting it for a 23-21 one-game lead.
It is the Indian who has a slim lead again at 22-21
The two are dead even once more, 21-21.
And he has a game point of his own, 21-20.
Prannoy summons all his courage to save it for 20-20
Now Wang has a game point at 20-19
They are once again all level at 19-19
But Wang keeps pushing hard as well to make it 18-19
Prannoy holds on to his slender lead, 18-17
This is some determined display from Prannoy, 17-15
For the first time, the Indian has a lead of 16-15.
The two are now locked at 15-15.
Prannoy makes it just a one-point gap, 13-14
And he takes the next point as well to make it 11-14.
His persistent efforts are paying off! Prannoy is now 10-14
Refreshed and rejuvenated, Prannoy comes back to bag a few points and reduce the margin to 7-12.
This is one-way traffic and Prannoy is simply unable to curb Wang's confidence. Wang is ahead by 11-4 at the mid-game interval.
There is a six-point gap between the two players now as Wang surges ahead 6-3
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This will hurt Prannoy as he had the early momentum only to lose it in the dying stages of the third game.