Kashyap meets Prannoy in summit clash of US Open Grand Prix
The Indian juggernaut in men's badminton kept on moving with previous Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Parupalli Kashyap setting up a title conflict with HS Prannoy at the $120,000 US Open Grand Prix Gold here.
In the wake of limping out of the court with calf damage in October 2015, it was the main last for Kashyap in 21 months, while Prannoy, who has dependably been tormented by wounds, likewise achieved his initially summit conflict subsequent to securing the Swiss Open a year ago.
Kashyap squeezed out a hard-battled 15 21-15 21-16 prevail upon Korean Kwang Hee Heo in the second elimination round which kept going a hour and six minutes.
Prannoy, then again, indented up a 21-14 21-19 prevail upon Vietnam's Tien Minh Nguyen in the main semi-last.
It will be the second time this season two Indians will battle it out for the title at universal badminton.
In April, K Srikanth and B Sai Praneeth had played in the finals of Singapore Open with the last asserting his lady Super Series title.
Men's copies match of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy contended energetically before going down 12 21-12 20-22 to top seeds Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han.
"It regards achieve a last after quite a while. It was an extreme match against the Korean. He had begun truly well and I set aside opportunity to change in accordance with the conditions today as it was minimal moderate. He was truly patient and he was hitting hard crushes. However, gradually I got a decent musicality and in the end I could pull off," Kashyap said.
"I think it was a troublesome competition to begin with as the opening round was additionally against a player I had dependably had close matches. I had played him 5-6 times and I regarded win in the first round. Likewise playing against Sameer was extreme. He is a precarious player and it has dependably been close matches with him. Truly anticipating the last," he included
It will be third Grand Prix Gold title for Indian men's shuttlers after Sameer and Praneeth secured the Syed Modi International and Thailand Open individually. Indian men likewise won three super arrangement titles with Srikanth securing the Indonesia and Australia Open and Praneeth winning at Singapore.
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