Kashyap, Prannoy put up strong show to advance to Round Three

AUCKLAND: Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli K ash yap and US Open winner HS Prannoy progressed through to the third round of the New Zealand Grand Prix Gold in Auckland after registering victories in their respective matches in the men’s singles event on Wednesday. 15-seeded Kashyap secured an easy win over local shuttler Oscar Guo 21-9,21-8 in a one-sided contest that lasted for just 25 minutes. Pr annoy, ranked fourth, on the other hand registered a straight-game win over Indonesia’s Firman Abdul Kholik 23-21, 21-18 in 53 minutes. Other Indian shuttle rs Siril Verma and Sourabh Verma also progressed to the next round, while Sahil Sipani and Neeraj Vashist made exit from the USD 120,000 event.