H.S. Prannoy caused one of the biggest upsets of his career by beating top Indian male shuttler and friend Parupalli Kashyap at the $120,000 German Open Grand Prix Gold here Wednesday.
This was the 21-year-old's first win over academy mate and ninth seed Kashyap in two meetings. Prannoy won the men's singles second round 21-19, 21-18 in 47 minutes at the RWE-Sporthalle.
Earlier, Anand Pawar and Arvind Bhat also progressed to the third round by beating their respective opponents.
While World No.34 Pawar of Mumbai expectedly beat Slovenian Iztok Utrosa 21-16, 21-12 in 28 minutes, former national champion Bhat also caused a big upset by overcoming Hong Kong third seed and World No.10 Yun Hu 21-17, 16-21, 21-11 in 59 minutes.
Later in the day, P.C. Thulasi and Arundhati Pantawane will play their women's singles first round matches.
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