Taipei Open 2023 | HS Prannoy and Parupalli Kashyap cruise into pre-quarterfinals
The Indian shuttlers HS Prannoy and Parupalli Kashyap easily defeated their respective opponents on Wednesday to go into the men's singles pre-quarterfinals of the Taipei Open. In the first round, world number nine Prannoy eliminated local shuttler Lin Yu-Hsien 21-11 21-10 in under 26 minutes.
Prannoy, the third seed, will next play the victor of the men's singles match between Chen Chi Ting and Tommy Sugiarto. Kashyap, a former gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games, defeated Germany's Samuel Hsiao with ease, 21-15, 21-16. In the pre-quarterfinals, he will compete against Su Li Yang, a local favourite.
However, S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian's journey came to an end when he was defeated by Japanese shuttler Kanta Tsunyama, the sixth seed. In his men's singles opening-round match, Subramanian showed some fight in the first game but was comprehensively outplayed in the second. He lost 13-21, 5-21.
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