No regrets if I don’t win another individual title, I have Thomas Cup gold: Prannoy

The ‘giant-killer’ tag has become associated with Prannoy, who scripted some of the most headline-grabbing victories over top stars such as Lee Chong Wei, Lin Dan, Chen Long and Viktor Axelsen

Hoping to break his individual title drought that has stretched to five years, H. S. Prannoy says he will have no regrets even if it doesn’t come his way since he has a Thomas Cup gold in his trophy cabinet now.

The ‘giant-killer’ tag has become associated with Prannoy, who scripted some of the most headline-grabbing victories over top stars such as Lee Chong Wei, Lin Dan, Chen Long and Viktor Axelsen.

However, he could not weave the big wins together in a week’s time and even though he rose to a career-best ranking of world number 8 in 2018, the Indian’s last individual title win came way back in 2017, at the U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold.

“There will be some extraordinary players, who go on to win continuously. But there are others who have the potential and have big wins against big players but never been able to win something really big. I come in that category,” Prannoy told PTI during an interview.

“I know I haven’t won something really big, maybe something is on the cards, it will come when it has to but even if it doesn’t, its okay because you know you are putting in the effort. I think I have been blessed to be in that Thomas Cup squad.”

The Kerala shuttler had come close to winning a title after reaching the Swiss Open Super 300 final in March this year.

Though Prannoy, currently ranked 23, couldn’t go the distance, his performance earned him a place in the Thomas Cup squad and he went on to play a pivotal role in India’s epic triumph by winning the decisive third singles against Malaysia and Denmark in the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively.