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Prannoy, Kashyap lose in Malaysia Open

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IANS Kuala Lumpur

Indian shuttlers H.S. Prannoy and Parupalli Kashyap suffered crushing defeats in the second round of the $500,000 Malaysia Open Superseries Premier at the Putra Stadium here on Thursday.

Prannoy, who jumped three places to be 14th in the World rankings on Thursday, lost 15-21, 14-21 in 52 minutes to five-time World champion Lin Dan of China.

World No.17 and Commonwealth Games champion Kashyap received a 10-21, 6-21 thrashing in 35 minutes at the hands of reigning World champion Chen Long of China.

In the quarter-finals, World No.1 Chen will face Kento Momota, who crushed Hu Yun 21-6, 21-9. Two-time Olympic champion Dan awaits the winner between India's Kidambi Srikanth and Chinese Tian Houwei.

 

World No.1 Saina Nehwal will face Chinese qualifier Xue Yao in the second round of the women's singles event.

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First Published: Apr 02 2015 | 4:14 PM IST

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