Later, he defeated the 2004 Olympic Gold-Medalist and the former World No.
That year, Sai Praneeth bagged his first World Badminton Championships medal by winning Bronze after losing to Kento Momota in the semi-finals in Basel, Switzerland, and created history by becoming the first Indian male shuttler to win a World Badminton Championships medal since 1983.
In 2012, he won his 2nd international title at the Bahrain International.