P Kashyap beats Lu Chia Hung in first-round of Korea Open

Earlier in the day, Sai Praneeth lost the first game by 21-9 and retired midway in the second after trailing by 11-7 in another first-round duel.

Incheon: Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap thrashed Taiwan's Lu Chia Hung 21-16, 21-16 in a first-round match of the Korea Open here on Wednesday.

Kashyap, 33, outclassed the lower-ranked, currently 61th, Taiwanese in the 42 minute-long encounter to enter the second round.

Earlier in the day, Sai Praneeth lost the first game by 21-9 and retired midway in the second after trailing by 11-7 in another first-round duel.

• Korea Open 2019
  MS - Round of 32
  21 21 🇮🇳Kashyap PARUPALLI🏅
  16 16 Chia Hung LU
  
  🕗 in 42 minutes
  https://t.co/48d4KzIXnT

  — BWFScore (@BWFScore) September 25, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  Korea Open 2019
  MS - Round of 32
  21 21 🇮🇳Kashyap PARUPALLI🏅
  16 16 Chia Hung LU
  
  🕗 in 42 minutes
  https://t.co/48d4KzIXnT

  — BWFScore (@BWFScore) September 25, 2019

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  Korea Open 2019
  MS - Round of 32
  21 21 🇮🇳Kashyap PARUPALLI🏅
  16 16 Chia Hung LU
  
  🕗 in 42 minutes
  https://t.co/48d4KzIXnT

  — BWFScore (@BWFScore) September 25, 2019

In the women's singles, PV Sindhu crashed out of the tournament, losing 21-7, 22-24, 15-21 at the hands of USA's Beiwen Zhang in a first-round clash.