It is the second semifinal appearance for world number 23 Prannoy at the Indonesia event.
The left-handed Chinese put a lot of power in his smashes and his hold-and-flick shots also caught Prannoy off guard as he entered the first interval lagging 6-11 after two unforced errors.
The unseeded Indian duo had to toil hard for 58 minutes to win its round of 16 clash
Ishaan and Sai Pratheek took just 30 minutes to get the better of English duo
Grandmaster P Harikrishna and double GM norm holder D Harika rose to the occasion and made it a grand Indian double for India in the Asian Individual Chess Championships in Masshad (Iran) as they clinched the gold in both the open and women's section respectively.
Indian Grandmasters Pentala Harikrishna and Krishnan Sasikiran drew their first games as the Chess World Cup got off to an exciting start in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
'We haven't finished the tournament and we want to go all the way'
The Indian Grandmaster is half a point ahead of second-placed Zhao Jun of China after nine round in the World Junior Chess Championship.
Deep Sengupta lost to Zhao Jun of China after scoring upset wins over Grandmasters in earlier rounds.
16-year old Deep Sengupta shocked third seed Russian GM Evgeny Alekseev to move to second place with 7.5 points.
Harikrishna, Tigran Petrosian and Zhao Jun jointly lead the table with six points each after the seventh round in the World Junior Chess Championship.
Satwik-Chirag dished out a gritty performance to outwit the local favourites a
Sen won his second round contest 21-17, 21-10, taking 72 minutes to complete the formality.
Expectations from the Indian male shuttlers will also be high, given their exploits in recent months.
P Harikrishna leads by seven points after completion of eight rounds in the World Junior Chess championship.
Sourabh Verma and Ajay Jayram also entered the second round
Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal survived an early scare from Indonesia's Dinar Dyah Ayustine to book her place in the quarter-finals of the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament here on Thursday. After going down in the first game, the London Olympics bronze medallist rebounded strongly to register a 17-21, 21-18, 21-12 win over her Indonesian opponent in the women's singles clash that lasted about an hour.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday.
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