Parupalli Kashyap Retires Against England's Rajiv Ouseph in French Open

Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap bowed out of the men's singles event of French Open after he retired in the third game of his second round match against Rajiv Ouseph of England in the $275,000 Super Series tournament in Paris. (Read more in Badminton)

Eighth seed Kashyap lost the opening game but came back strongly in the second only to be forced to concede the match in the decider.

In the end of the 43-minute match, Rajiv advanced to the quarter-finals with a 21-11, 13-21, 4-2 win over the Indian at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin.

The England shuttler played a dominating game as he didn't allow Kashyap much chance in the opening game. He lead 11-5 at the break in the first game and then slowly crafted his way to pocket the game.

In the second, Kashyap turned the tables as he lead 5-1 early on and then jumped to a 11-4 lead at the interval. He went from strength to strength to bounce back in style but the decider ended at 2-4 when he retired midway.

Meanwhile in another game, HS Pronnoy went down to Hong Kong's NG Ka Long Angus 21-15, 21-10 in 31 minutes. Playing flawless badminton, Long Angus advanced to the quarter-finals of the Super Series tournament.

In another game, Ajay Jayaram went down to China's Tian Houwei 21-18, 21-8 in 36 minutes.