The surprise loss of Japanese Kenichi Tago has raised India’s
P Kashyap’s chances of reaching the quarterfinals if he manages to cross the
group stage hurdle on Tuesday.
The Commonwealth Games bronze medallist is against Vietnam’s
Tien Minh Nguyen in the Group D encounter on Tuesday and whoever wins the
encounter would advance to the knock out stage as group winner.
Kashyap has a head to head record of 2-3 against Nguyen and
hasn’t beaten the Vietnamese in the last three meetings. However, the Indian is
in good form since qualifying for the Olympics and has already beaten world
number three Chen Long of China in the Indonesia Super Series premier last month.
The group winner would face the group C winner Niluka
Karunaratne of Sri Lanka, who got the better of Tago 21-18, 21-16 in the two-man
group to advance to the pre-quarterfinals.
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