JOIN USCommonwealth Games bronze medallist, Kashyap overcame Sugiarto 18-21, 21-17, 21-18 in a hard-fought men’s singles quarterfinal match.
Another young shuttler PV Sindhu had no such qualms. Sindhu took just 21 minutes to get across compatriot Anita Ohlan 21-10, 21-15 in the women’s singles last eight encounter.
In the mixed doubles, Indian duo of Tarun Kona and Ashwini Ponnappa beat second seed country mates Arun Vishnu and Aparna Balan 21-16, 21-17 in a 29-minute affair. But fourth seeded pair of Pranav Chopra and Prajakta Sawant lost 13-21, 15-21 to Chayut Triyachart and Yu Yan Vanessa Neo in the mixed doubles.
Among other Indians, seventh seed Arvind Bhat, Neha Pandit and Aditya Elango suffered straight-game defeats in their respective quarterfinal matches to crash out of the tournament.
Arvind lost 18-21, 18-21 to Suppanyu Avihingsanon of Thailand, Neha went down 10-21, 9-21 against Indonesian Ana Rovita, while Aditya lost 13-21, 8-21 to top seed Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka of Indonesia.
In the women’s doubles, second seeds Della Destiara Haris and Andini Suci Rizky of Indonesia defeated Indian pair of Anjali Kalitha and Dhanya Nair 21-12, 21-11.
Another Indian pair of Sai Praneeth B and Nandagopal K went down 14-21, 8-21 to Indonesian pair of Hendri Kurniawan Saputra and Chayut Triyachart.