The Indian will face Netherlands' Mark Caljouw, seeded fourth, next. It turned out to be a disappointing day for fifth seeded Parupalli Kashyap as he lost 18-21, 14-21 to third seeded Rasmus Gemke of Denmark
Sameer Verma
Sameer Verma emerged as the lone Indian survivor at the Orleans Open World Super 100 badminton tournament after reaching the semi-finals with a hard-fought win over local hope Lucas Corvee in men's singles competition on Saturday. Top-seeded Sameer, who clinched the Swiss Open last month, saw off eighth-seeded Corvee 17-21, 21-19, 21-15 in a battle that lasted an hour and eight minutes at the Palais des sports.
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Parupalli Kashyap
The Indian will face Netherlands' Mark Caljouw, seeded fourth, next. It turned out to be a disappointing day for fifth seeded Parupalli Kashyap as he lost 18-21, 14-21 to third seeded Rasmus Gemke of Denmark. After battling for 44 minutes, Indian men's doubles pair of Francis Alwin and K Nandagopal also suffered a 21-19, 14-21, 8-21 loss to third seeded German combo of Mark Lamsfuss and Marvin Emil Seidel.
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