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Asian Games: Parupalli Kashyap Ousted in Men's Singles Pre-Quarters
It was a tough outing for the reigning Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap who has never even won a game, let alone a match against Lee Chong Wei.
- Written by Indo-Asian News Service
- Updated: September 26, 2014 12:53 pm IST
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Parupallo Kashyap lost in 34 minutes to Lee Chong Wei in the Asian Games.© AFP
Incheon:
Leading Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap was knocked out of the 17th Asian Games as he lost his men's singles pre-quarterfinal to World No.1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia here on Friday. (Asian Games Day 7 Blog)
It was a tough outing for the reigning Commonwealth Games champion who has never even won a game, let alone a match against the top seeded Malaysian.
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Chong Wei needed only 34 minutes to move past the Hyderabadi, winning 21-12, 21-11 at the Gyeyang Gymnasium.
Later Manu Attri and N. Sikki Reddy also lost their mixed doubles Round of 16 encounter to Singaporean combine Danny Bawa Chrisnanta and Yu Yan Vanessa Neo. The sixth seeds won the contest 21-18, 21-23, 21-15 in 49 minutes.
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Badminton
Asian Games 2014
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