At Jakarta today, Parupalli Kashyap rallied to shock World No. 1 Chen Long to enter the men's singles semifinals of the Indonesia Open Super Series badminton tournament. Commonwealth gold-medallist Kashyap, now ranked 12th in the world, came from behind to beat the top seeded Chinese 14-21, 21-17, 21-14 in a contest that lasted an hour and three minutes. He will take next on third-seeded Dane Jan O Jorgensen. But the country's ace woman shuttler, Saina Nehwal, bowed out with a quarterfinal loss. Saina, who has won this tournament thrice in her career, went down 21-16, 12-21, 18-21 to old foe Wang Shixian of China in a 69-minute battle. It was the 13th face-off between the two and Wang has a 7-6 overall lead now.
News On AIR | June 5, 2015 9:43 PM
Parupalli Kashyap enters Semifinals; Saina Nehwal crashes out of Indonesia Open