Kashyap in semifinals

Kashyap in semifinals
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Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap and HS Prannoy entered the semi-finals of the men\'s singles competition of the US Open Grand Prix Gold, in Anaheim on Saturday.

Anaheim: Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap and HS Prannoy entered the semi-finals of the men's singles competition of the US Open Grand Prix Gold, in Anaheim on Saturday.

On a comeback trail, Kashyap reached his first semi-finals of an international event in seven months after defeating compatriot Sameer Verma 21-13, 21-16 in 40 minutes to set up a clash with Korea's Kwang Hee Heo.

Kashyap had entered the semifinals at Korea Open last December.Second seeded Prannoy beat Japan's Kanta Tsuneyama 10-21, 21-15, 21-18. He will take on Tien Minh Nguyen of Vietnam.

Third seeds Manu and Sumeeth defeated Japan's Hiroki Okamura and Masayuki Onodera 21-18 22-20 in men's doubles. The pair will face top seeds Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han of Chinese Taipei.

Meanwhile, India's campaign at the Russian Open Grand Prix came to an end after Rahul Yadav Chittaboina and men's doubles pair of Arjun MR and Ramchandran Shlok suffered defeats at the semifinals, in Vladivostok.

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