New Delhi: Parupalli Kashyap suffered a semifinal loss to world number one Kento Momota at the Korea Open. With this defeat, India's journey in this tournament ended. He was leading India alone in this tournament. Momota easily defeated Kashyap in a 40-minute match to make it to the finals.
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Kashyap lost this match by 13-21,15-21. Only two matches have been played between the two so far and Kashyap has lost both times. Momota dominated Kashyap from the beginning of the match. In the first game, Kashyap tried to beat him. Momota was ahead 10-6 in the first game break. Momota smashed excellently and also showed a strong game near the net.
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Kashyap had no answer to Momota's best shots and lost the game. However, he could not make a comeback after that and after the break could score only three points and lost the first game 13-21. After this, the second game Kashyap returned. Momota was only 11-10 ahead until the break. After this, Kashyap equaled Momata for the first time 12-12. After this, he could not retain his best shots and Momota took a 17–12 lead, and won the match.