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BWF World Tour Finals: <\/strong>Prannoy HS, India's lone entry into the year-ending BWF World Tour Finals 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand is keen on ending the year on a high.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The World No.12, playing in his first year-end tournament, has been clubbed in Group A along with Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark, Japan's Kodai Naraoka and China's Lu Guang Zu.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Prannoy, seeded third, will fancy his chances of making it to the semifinals from the group stage, which starts on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I am really excited to start my BWF World Tour Finals campaign. It's my first time in the year-ending championships and I hope I can perform really well," said Prannoy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

P.V Sindhu is the lone Indian shuttler to win the prestigious season-ending championships in 2018.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

World No.12 Prannoy has reinvented himself this year with some power-packed performances, which helped him regain his position in the top 15 of BWF World Rankings almost after four years.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Prannoy helped the Indian team clinch their first Thomas Cup crown in May and also finished runner-up finish at the Swiss Open Super 300 and reached the last-four stage of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 and Malaysia Masters Super 500 event.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"We always believed in him, his game, and his skills. He has performed significantly for a long time and it's time for him to win the title. His ability to defeat top players of the world, at any given day, makes him a strong contender to end up at the top of the podium at this year's BWF World Tour Finals," said Sanjay Mishra, General Secretary of the Badminton Association of India (BAI).<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Shuttlers qualify for this USD $1,500,000 tournament by earning points based on their performances in BWF World Tour events in a calendar year and top-8 shuttlers\/pairs compete in the BWF World Tour Finals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"We always believed in him, his game, and his skills. He has performed significantly for a long time and it's time for him to win the title. His ability to defeat top players of the world, at any given day, makes him a strong contender to end up at the top of the podium at this year's BWF World Tour Finals," said Sanjay Mishra, General Secretary of the Badminton Association of India (BAI).<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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