A former World No. 6, Kashyap, who had reached the quarter-finals of the London Olympics, beat Germany’s Kai Schaefer 21-14, 22-20 in the opening round, but suffered a 17-21, 20-22 loss to Lei Lan Xi China to bow out of the Super 500 tournament

Ace Indian shuttler HS Prannoy registered a comfortable straight-game victory over Indonesia`s Tommy Sugiarto, thus making an entry into the quarterfinal of the Taipei Open here on Thursday