Kashyap reaches second round at Korea Masters

India’s Parupalli Kashyapreached the second round of the men’s singles competition at the $120,000 Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold on Tuesday.

The Commonwealth Games champion entered the second round after his rival Kang Min Woo pulled out of the tournament. He will next take on fourth seed Wang Tzu Wei of Korea at the Seogwipo Olympic Stadium.

A former top 10 player, Kashyap had suffered multiple injuries in the run-up to the Olympics and eventually could not make it to the Rio Games.