SEOUL (KOREA), Sept 27: Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap notched up consecutive victories in the qualifiers to reach the main draw of the USD 600,000 Korea Super Series here today.
At the Seong-nam Indoor Stadium here, Kashyap played two gruelling contests and came out with flying colours in both occasions to set up a fight against Chinese fourth seed Tian Houwei in the opening round of men�s singles tomorrow.
The Indian first eked out a 15-21, 23-21, 21-19 victory over local shuttler Ko Gyung Bo in an hour contest, before edging out Thailand�s Pannawit Thongnuam 15-21, 21-16, 21-15 in the second match of the day that lasted 55 minutes.
The 30-year-old from Hyderabad, who is making his way back into the international circuit after a long injury lay-off, has played twice against Tian and had beaten the Chinese in his last encounter at the 2014 French Open. � PTI
