India's Men's singles hope came to a crashing halt as ace shuttler P Kashyap was grounded with a quarter final exit after losing marathon battle with China's Huang Yuxiang losing 21-18;18-21;21-15.
The much awaited contest which lasted over an hour saw high drama as P Kashyap lost the first 21-18 as Huang Yuxiang seemed to be in control of the game with good technical play using the length and breadth of the court and creating spaces to deliver powerful smashes to win the first set.
In the second set however defending champion P Kashyap seem to got his mojo back and he stretched the Chinese opponent with sound skills using deft touches across nets and with rub of the green going Kashyap's way winning 21-15 as the match headed to decider set.
In third set both players kept sight of each other as players matched evenly at 11-10 till the mid set changeover. At this point it seemed it could be anyone's game as the modest crowd support was backing the Indian shuttler and P Kashyap looked confident to clinch the decider set.
But the Chinese shuttler Yuxiang had other ideas as he belted out a superb performance stretching Kashyap fore and across the court with neat play and powerful shots as Kashyap did himself no good either succumbing to many unforced errors eventually losing 21-15 .
Huang Yuxiang faces his compatriot Shi Yuqi in the semi final clash on Saturday.
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