French Open: Shuttler Kashyap retires in pre-quarters

Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap bowed out of the men's singles event of French Open on Thursday after he retired in the third game of his second round match against Rajiv Ouseph of England in the $275,000 Super Series tournament in Paris.

Eighth seed Kashyap lost the opening game but came back strongly in the second only to be forced to concede the match in the decider.

In the end of the 43-minute match, Rajiv advanced to the quarter-finals with a 21-11, 13-21, 4-2 win over the Indian at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin.

The England shuttler dominated the match and didn't allow Kashyap much chance in the opening game. He lead 11-5 at the break in the first game and then slowly crafted his way to pocket the game.

In the second, Kashyap turned the tables as he lead 5-1 early on and then jumped to a 11-4 lead at the interval. He went from strength to strength to bounce back in style but the decider ended at 2-4 when he retired midway.

Image: Parupalli Kashyap

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