Anaheim (California) July 23 (IANS) Shuttlers Parupalli Kashyap and H.S. Prannoy made it an all-Indian men s singles final while the men s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy lost in the semi-finals of the US Open Grand Prix here.
Second seeded Prannoy on Friday got the better of Vietnamese 15th seed Tien Minh Nguyen 21-14 21-19 in 40 minutes in the second semi-final.
In the other semi-final World No.59 Kashyap overcame South Korea s Kwang Hee Heo 15-21 21-15 21-16 in an hour and six minutes.
In the international circuit Kashyap and World No.23 Prannoy have only met twice with each winning a game.
The first game between them took place in 2010 Indian Grand Prix where Kashyap won. In the next one at German Open 2014 Prannoy triumphed.
Their compatriots Manu-Sumeeth wasted their opportunity to join them in Sunday s play. The third seeded Indian men s doubles pair went down fighting against Chinese Taipei s top-seeded combine of Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han. The Chinese Taipei pair won the battle 21-12 12-21 22-20 in 54 minutes.
Lu-Yang will meet South Koreans Seung Jae Seo and Kim Ha Na in the final on Sunday. Seung-Kim eased past Japanese Kohei Gondo and Wakana Nagahara 21-13 21-13 in 32 minutes.
The women s singles title will be decided between Canadian sixth seed Michelle Li and Japanese third seed Aya Ohori.
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