Top Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap crossed the opening hurdle to reach the second round of men’s singles competition at the $120,000 German Grand Prix Gold.
Srikanth, who clinched the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold at Lucknow in January this year, saw off Japan’s Takuma Ueda 12-21 21-18 21-11 in a hard-fought battle that lasted close to an hour last night. The sixth seeded Indian will face The Netherlands’ Erik Meijs next.
Kashyap, on the other hand, had an easy outing on the opening day as he spanked Ukraine’s Artem Pochtarev 21-9 21-9 in his first international match in more …read more
Source: Daily News & Analysis
