CALGARY, July 5: Indian shuttlers Parupalli Kashyap and Sourabh Verma dished out gritty performances to progress to the men�s singles quarterfinals of the USD 75000 Canada Open Super 100 tournament here.
Sixth seed Kashyap, a former Commonwealth Games champion, fought for an hour and 24 minutes before quelling a stiff challenge from China�s Ren Peng Bo 23-21, 21-23, 21-19, while reigning national champion Sourabh eked out a 21-13, 15-21, 21-15 win over another Chinese Sun Fei Xiang. Kashyap, who had reached the semifinals of India Open, will take on France�s Lucas Claerbout while Sourabh will lock horns with Li Shi Feng of China next.
�Tough win today. Happy to get through to the quarters,� Kashyap tweeted after the match. Sourabh too was happy with his performance. �Quite happy with my performance today. Executed the strategy well through out the match. Would like to thank Amrish Shinde for helping me from the sidelines,� Sourabh wrote on his twitter handle. � PTI
