NEW DELHI, March 29: Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap raised hopes of an Indian win after progressing to the men�s singles semifinals at USD 350,000 India Open here on Friday.
Srikanth finally snapped his series of quarterfinal finishes, outwitting compatriot B Sai Praneeth 21-23, 21-11, 21-19 in a 62 minute duel, while Kashyap entered his first semifinals of a top-tier event (World Tour Super 500 or Superseries) in almost four years, beating Chinese Taipei�s Wang Tzu Wei 21-16, 21-11 in another quarterfinal clash.
Srikanth had made eight quarterfinal finishes in last nine tournaments and the Indian didn�t look to make the last eight after he lost the opening game narrowly and lagged 1-7 in the second. � PTI
