Commonwealth Games champion P. Kashyap made a positive start to his campaign at the Korea Super Series badminton, notching up back-to-back wins over Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yu Hsien and Kan Chao Yu to reach the main draw of the men’s singles event here on Tuesday.
Kashyap saw off Hsien 21-19, 21-9 in a 35-minute match and then recorded a 21-19, 21-18 win over another Taiwanese Kan Chao in the next qualifying match.
Kashyap will face Chinese Taipei’s Hsu Jen Hao in the main draw. The Indian has beaten Hao thrice and lost once at the 2014 Asia Badminton Championship.
The results: Qualifying: Men: P. Kashyap bt Lin Yu Hsien 21-19, 21-9; bt Kan Chao Yu 21-19, 21-18.
Mixed doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Ashwini Ponnappa bt Peter Kaesbauer & Olga Konon 21-12, 21-15; bt Ronald Ronald & Annisa Saufika 27-25, 21-17.
Main draw: Mixed doubles: Praveen Jordan and Debby Susanto bt Pranaav Jerry Chopra & N. Sikki Reddy 13-21, 21-19, 21-15.