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Shuttler Prannoy overcomes Kashyap in German Open (Roundup)

Mulheim an der Ruhr (Germany): On a good day for Indians, rising shuttler H.S. Prannoy pulled off one of the biggest upsets of his career by beating fellow countryman and friend Parupalli Kashyap at the

IANS Published : Feb 26, 2014 23:06 IST, Updated : Feb 26, 2014 23:14 IST
shuttler prannoy overcomes kashyap in german open roundup
shuttler prannoy overcomes kashyap in german open roundup

Mulheim an der Ruhr (Germany): On a good day for Indians, rising shuttler H.S. Prannoy pulled off one of the biggest upsets of his career by beating fellow countryman and friend Parupalli Kashyap at the $120,000 German Open Grand Prix Gold here Wednesday.


This was the 21-year-old's first win over academy mate and ninth seed Kashyap in two meetings. Prannoy won the men's singles second round 21-19, 21-18 in 47 minutes at the RWE-Sporthalle.

The Kerala shuttler will next face South Korean sixth seed Wan Ho Son for a place in the quarter-finals.

Earlier, Anand Pawar and Arvind Bhat also progressed to the third round by beating their respective opponents.

While World No.34 Pawar of Mumbai expectedly beat Slovenian Iztok Utrosa 21-16, 21-12 in 28 minutes, former national champion Bhat also caused a big upset by overcoming Hong Kong third seed and World No.10 Yun Hu 21-17, 16-21, 21-11 in 59 minutes.

P.C. Thulasi and Arundhati Pantawane also tasted first round success in women's singles.

As Arundhati overcame Danish Line Kjaersfeldt 17-21, 22-20, 21-19 in 51 minutes, Thulasi made a remarkable recovery to beat Canadian Li Michelle 7-21, 21-19, 21-17 in one hour and two minutes to progress to Round 2.
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