Ace shuttler Parupalli Kashyap today advanced to the Korea Open men’s singles quarterfinal after a three-game triumph over Malaysia’s Daren Liew in South Korean city of Incheon. Kashyap prevailed 21-17, 11-21, 21-12 in a contest that lasted 56 minutes. The 2014 Commonwealth Games gold-medallist is the lone Indian left in the fray.
He will next square off against the winner of the match between eighth-seeded Indonesian Anthony Sinisuka Ginting and Denmark’s Jan O Jorgensen. Earlier, world champion P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal crashed out because of first-round setbacks. World Championship men’s singles bronze-medallist B Sai Praneeth also bowed out early from the tournament.