Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap reached the Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold quarterfinals after a thrilling three-game win over China’s Zhou Zeqi in the men’s singles competition here today.
Kashyap defeated Zeqi 21-11 13-21 21-8 in a match that lasted 45 minutes. Kashyap will next take on local shuttler Jeon Hyeok Jin, seeded sixth.
The shuttler from Hyderabad walked away with the first game after opening a slender 3-1 lead early on. He maintained a marginal lead before reeling off five straight points to win the game.
In the second game, however, Zeqi turned the tables as he zoomed to a 11-6 lead. Despite Kashyap narrowing the margin to 12-13, the Chinese marched on to square the contest.
Jolted by his rival’s performance, Kashyap changed gears to move to a 8-3 lead in the decider and kept Zeqi in check to seal a quarterfinal spot.
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