Canada Open | Parupalli Kashyap loses to unseeded Li Shi Feng in Final

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BySportsCafe Desk, SportsCafe Editor

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India’s sole hope in the Canada Open Super 100 tournament ended with only a silver medal as Parupalli Kashyap went down against China's Li Shi Feng in three hard fought games. After Kashyap defeated Chinese Taipei’s Wang Tzu Wei in the semi-final, he was the clear favourite to win the gold medal.

The former Commonwealth Games gold medalist had reached the summit clash of a tournament after a year and looked in really good form after overcoming the steep challenge of the Taiwanese star in the last round. However, form wasn’t enough to take the 32-year-old past an unseeded Li Shi Feng on Sunday.

The sixth seeded Indian shuttler did show persistence, as was the case the whole of last week, but ended up losing the match 22-20 14-21 17-21 that last an hour and 16 minutes.

"Silver it is @yonexcanadaopen. It was a good fight in the final. Lost to LiShifeng (China) ... Can't say it was the best I played this week but overall it was a good week here. Thank you to all the fans for the support. Thank you to @prannoy_hs_ for extending his stay just to help me out. Next up US open at LA. Until next time Calgary! Cheers !!!," Kashyap tweeted.

Kashyap had compatriot and teammate HS Prannoy staying back to help him with on court coaching and was even seen playing the physio role after coach Amrish Shinde and Sumansh Sivalanka left early for the US Open World Tour Super 300 tournament.

The injury plagued player had to play consecutive three-game matches against China's Ren Peng Bo, France's Lucas Claerbout and Chinese Taipei's Wang Tzu Wei in the run-up to his last match, which clearly took a toll on him. Kashyap had last reached the semis of the India Open early this year and this has been his best performance this season, so far.

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