KASHYAP MOVES INTO SEMI-FINALS

Indian shuttlers Parupalli Kashyap, H.S. Prannoy and the men’s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy entered to the semi-finals of the US Open Grand Prix here. Kashyap on Friday ended the hopes of his compatriot Sameer Verma with a 21-13, 21-16 victory in 40 minutes. Kashyap will meet South Korea’s Kwang Hee Heo in the semi-final. Kwang defeated Japan’s Koki Watanabe 21-16, 16-21, 21-9.’It will be world No.59 Kashyap’s first encounter against Kwang. Second seed Prannoy got the better of Japanese eighth seed Kanta Tsuneyama in a 10-21, 21-15, 21-18 triumph in an hour.