Kashyap Advances To Quarter Finals Of The Taipei Open 2022

Taipei Open 2022: World Quantity 3, Parupalli Kashyap advances to the subsequent spherical after a complete victory over Chia Hao Lee of Chinese language Taipei. The Indian ace shuttler gained 21-10, 21-19 as he marches on to quarter-finals of the Males’s Singles occasion.

Kashyap is but to drop a set on this yr’s version of the Taipei Open as his impeccable type is unleashing wrath with consistency and endurance. Kashyap will likely be up towards Soong Joo Ven of Malaysia within the quarter-finals to be performed on Friday, July 22.

Kashyap’s win was the one silver lining in a darkish cloud of at the moment’s day for Indian contingents in Males’s Singles occasion as the remaining others crashed out of the event.

Kiran George was in a ‘David Vs Goliath’ matchup as he took on World No 1, Chou Tien Chen of Chinese language Taipei. With the preliminary appears of the matchup, only a few would’ve considered a three-set thriller however it turned a actuality as Kiran’s spirited efficiency gave Chou glimpses of his shock exit to HS Prannoy for some time, and the inconceivable began changing into a actuality when Kiran took the second set 21-16 to make it 1-1.

However the dream run was short-lived as Chou dominated the proceedings of the third set to win the set 21-7, and match 2-1, to progress to the quarter-finals, to be performed on Friday, July 22.

He’ll now face compatriot Chen Chi Ting, who knocked out Kiran’s compatriot Priyanshu Rajawat in straight units 21-19, 21-13. It was a topsy-turvy match as Chen initially took an enormous lead throughout the first set, solely to be dramatically diminished by Priyanshu, however the efforts of the Indian didn’t prevail for lengthy as Chen prevailed.

The matchup of the day was Mithun Manjunath vs World Quantity 4 Kodai Naraoka and the match went for 3 units, however Kodai received higher off Mithun to progress to the quarter-finals. Mithun gained the primary set 24-22, however what got here later was one thing hardly anybody anticipated, as in a dramatic turnaround, Mithun misplaced a number of factors in a row to drop the second set 5-21and an excellent fightback wasn’t adequate sufficient as Mithun misplaced the third set 17-21 to lose the match 24-22, 5-21, 17-21 to the Japanese.

In Males’s Doubles, the highly-rated pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila had been surprised by the Chinese language Taipei pair of Su Ching Heng and Ye Hong Wei 17-21, 15-21 as they had been among the many favourites to go all the way in which this yr.

Ishaan Bhatnagar and Sai Pratheek too bowed out to World No 1, Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin 19-21, 23-21, 9-21 in Spherical 2 as Indian contingents are formally out of the Males’s Doubles occasion, alongside Ladies’s Singles occasion on this yr’s Taipei Open.

Tanisha Crasto and Shruti Mishra continued their good run as they noticed off Jia Yin Lin and Lin Yu-Hao of Chinese language Taipei comprehensively. The Indian pair gained 21-14, 21-8 in Spherical 2 of the Ladies’s Doubles occasion and are the one Indian pair alive on this occasion.

Ishaan Bhatnagar made up for his loss in Males’s Doubles occasion as he and Tanisha Crasto gained towards Cheng Kai Wen and Wang Yu Qiao of Chinese language Taipei 21-14, 21-17 within the Spherical 2 of the Combined Doubles occasion. They’ll now face the Malaysian pair of Hoo Pang Ron and Toh Eh Wei within the quarter s finals to be performed on Friday, July 22.