Parupalli Kashyap won the Austrian Open 2018

In the opening match, the opponents had the close combat till 3-3, from where Kashyap gradually increased the gap from 5-4 to 11-7 to his advantage. However, Cheam caught his opponent at 18-18 and then at 21-21. In the end, the Indian had to save three game points before pocketing the first game.

In the second game, Kashyap grabbed the lead with 3-0 followed by Cheam’s comeback at 4-4. From where, the game was completely in the Indian’s hand who surged towards the break with 6 points advantage with 11-5 and continued his dominance towards the podium with 21-14 in 37 minutes.

Previously in the quarter-finals match, fourth seeded Subhankar Dey retired in the first game, trailing at 1-2 against the Malaysian Jun Hao Leong in the men’s singles event. While another shuttlers, Karan Rajan Rajarajan, Rahul Chittaboina, Sahil Sipani, and M. Kanishg in the earlier rounds.