Shuttlers Kashyap, Prannoy enter Singapore Open quarters

 Indian shuttlers Parupalli Kashyap and H.S. Prannoy notched up superb victories to enter the men's singles quarterfinals at the $300,000 Singapore Open Superseries here on Thursday.

The experienced Kashyap came up with a brilliant performance to oust fourth-seeded South Korean Son Wan Ho. The Commonwealth Games champion took 46 minutes to win 21-15, 22-20 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium to register his first victory over the World No.5 in three meetings.

Kashyap, 28, will next take on French Brice Leverdez, against whom the Hyderabadi has a 1-1 record. However, the last time they met was four years back in Malaysia.

Later, World No.14 Prannoy caused one of the biggest upsets of the tournament when he downed Danish second seed Jan O Jorgensen 21-16, 21-8 in only 33 minutes.

Though the World No.2 was expected to win, Prannoy's 2-0 career advantage which he has now extended to 3-0, gave the Kerala shuttler the psychological edge going into the match.
--Indo-Asian