India Open Badminton: Srikanth, Kashyap seal semi-final spots

Kidambi Srikanth

Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap raised hopes of an Indian win after progressing to the semi-finals at India Open here yesterday. Srikanth finally snapped his series of quarter-final finishes, outwitting compatriot B Sai Praneeth 21-23, 21-11, 21-19.

Meanwhile, Kashyap entered his first semi-finals of a World Tour Super 500 or Superseries in almost four years, beating Chinese Taipei's Wang Tzu Wei 21-16, 21-11 in a quarter-final clash.

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