India Open 2019: PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth through to semis with contrasting results; vintage Parupalli Kashyap wins
FirstpostFormer champions PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth stayed on course to reclaim titles while a vintage Parupalli Kashyap too regained some form. New Delhi: Former champions PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth stayed on course to reclaim titles while a vintage Parupalli Kashyap too regained some form, sealing his place in the men’s singles semi-finals of the $350,000 India Open on Friday. Srikanth finally snapped his series of quarter-final finishes, outwitting compatriot B Sai Praneeth 21-23 21-11 21-19 in a 62-minute pulsating contest, while Kashyap entered his first top-tier semi-final in almost four years, beating Chinese Taipei’s Wang Tzu Wei 21-16 21-11. Srikanth had made eight quarter-final finishes in last nine tournaments and the Indian didn’t look to make the last 8 after he lost the opening game narrowly and lagged 1-7 in the second.