London, Aug 1 (IANS) India’s Parupalli Kashyap Wednesday became the first Indian to enter the men’s singles quarterfinals of Olympics badminton beating Sri Lankan Niluka Karunaratne over three games 21-14, 15-21, 21-9 in the London Games at the Wembley Arena here.
The previous best performance was by Dipankar Bhattacharjee, who entered the third round at the 1992 Barcelona Games.
The Daily News Post India (tdnpost)