India Open 2018, Quarter final: Parupalli Kashyap vs Qiao Bin, Live Match Updates

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Kashyap did have quite a few chances, but his lacklustre play did not help his cause at all. Unforced errors brought about his downfall. Here's hoping Kashyap gets to polish his game before going for the next tournament.

Kashyap is OUT of the tournament!

And Bin makes no mistake in wrapping this up!

21-16, 21-18

Two match points for the Chinese!

20-18

Bin takes a vital point to lead 19-18

AND KASHYAP HAS LEVELLED MATTERS HERE!

18-18

Kashyap lags behind by just one point!

16-17

Excellent play at the net!

Kashyap trails 15-17

Kashyap has reduced the gap to three points.

14-17

Bin is blocked by the net and Kashyap pulls back one point.

12-17

It's 16-11 to the Chinese.

Time is pretty much running out for the Indian.

But he could not keep it going for long.

Bin increases the lead further soon after as Kashyap continues being patchy!

Bin is up 15-8

Kashyap suddenly catches fire here!

He takes a few points with some great attacking play!

Trails 7-12

12-4 to the Chinese

Kashyap is currently trying to prolong the rallies in the hope of drawing a few errors from Bin.

It's 11-3 to Bin at the mid-game break as Kashyap pretty much fades away.

Bin progresses smoothly to 10-3 thanks to Kashyap's errors

Kashyap comes up with a couple of down-the-line smashes to trail 3-7

It's 5-1 to the Chinese shuttler

It's 4-0 to the Chinese

SECOND GAME

Kashyap trails 0-2 after missing a couple of shots at the net

Kashyap saved a couple of game points but Bin gets the game, anyway with a sharp crosscourt smash.

21-16

Kashyap strings together a few points to reduce the deficit to four points at 14-18

But the Chinese has had the upper hand since then...Kashyap looking pretty listless right now.

Bin up 17-11

EXCELLENT FROM KASHYAP!

He pushed Bin to his forehand side with an array of clears to that side and then finished the point at the net on Bin's backhand side.

Bin continues to move the Indian around to draw errors from his racquet and is being pretty successful at that.

Bin up 12-11

Some very aggressive play from the Chinese and he inches ahead to 11-10 at the mid-game break.

It's 10-10

Bin finds a powerful smash down-the-line to end a long rally and makes it 10-9

Both playing attacking shots but Kashyap continues to make unforced errors.
8-8

Kashyap too helps him by missing his smashes.

Level at 7-7

And he comes back re-energized and makes it 6-7

There was a brief pause in the match as Bin was being treated on his leg. Match has now resumed.

Bin gets a couple of points at the net.

He trails 4-7

A great few points from Kashyap. He surges to a 7-2 lead.

And the Commonwealth Games champion grabs two quick points to go up to 4-2

Pretty evenly poised right now.

2-2

It is 1-1

We are under way!

Kashyap takes the first point

Good afternoon! The players are on court. The match will start shortly.

Hello and welcome to Sportskeeda's live coverage of the India Open quarter-finals. Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap will take on Qiao Bin of China in the quarter-finals of the Men's Singles event, here at the Siri Complex.

Kashyap, who has been struggling to cross the first round ever since recovering from his series of injuries, managed to overcome compatriot Shreyansh Jaiswal 21-19 19-21 21-12 and reach the quarterfinals of a major event.

He will be vying for a spot in the semis and will be bolstered by a vociferous home crowd here. However, Bin will certainly put his best foot forward and give him a stiff challenge.