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Shuttlers P. Kashyap, Harsheel Dani reach last 16 of China Masters Grand Prix Gold

Indian shuttlers Parupalli Kashyap and Harsheel Dani reached the last 16 of China Masters Grand Prix Gold tournament.

By PTI

Changzhou, April 19: Commonwealth Games champion P Kashyap and Harsheel Dani advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of singles competition at the USD 150,000 China Masters Grand Prix Gold, here today (April 19).

Back to playing competitive badminton after recovering from a shoulder injury which he suffered during the Premier Badminton League (PBL) in January, Kashyap took 46 minutes to dispose off Thailand's Suppanyu Avihingsanon 21-16 21-17 at the Olympic sports centre.

File photo: Parupalli Kashyap

The former World No. 6, Kashyap will face third seeded Chinese Qiao Bin tomorrow. Young Harsheel from Mumbai also gave a good account of himself as he edged out China's Yan Runze 21-16 22-20 to set up a match against another Chinese Sun Feixiang.

However it was curtains for Sai Uttejitha Rao Chukka and Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli in women's singles. Sai went down fighting 4-21 21-13 12-21 to Li Wenmei of China, while Sri Krishna lost 18-21 11-21 to China's Li Yun in another match.

PTI

Story first published: Tuesday, August 8, 2017, 10:12 [IST]
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