Taufik Hidayat
In 2013 Praneeth defeated Taufik Hidayat unexpectedly early at in front of a home crowd. He defeated Taufik Hidayat in the first round match of Djarum Indonesia Open 2013 by 2-1 games with the final score being 15-21, 21-12, 21-17. A few days later on 19 June 2013, he again upstaged a much higher ranked Hu Yun of Hong Kong in the Singapore Super Series.