Sameer Verma enters semifinals of Orleans Open

ORLEANS: Sameer Verma emerged as the lone Indian survivor at the

Orleans Open

World Super 100 tournament after reaching the semifinals with a hard-fought win over local hope Lucas Corvee in the men's singles competition.


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Top-seeded Sameer, who clinched the Swiss Open last month, saw off eighth-seeded Corvee 17-21, 21-19, 21-15 in a battle that lasted an hour and eight minutes at the Palais des sports. The Indian will face Netherlands' Mark Caljouw, seeded fourth, next.

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It turned out to be a disappointing day for fifth-seeded

Parupalli Kashyap

as he lost 18-21, 14-21 to third-seeded Rasmus Gemke of Denmark.

After battling for 44 minutes, Indian men's doubles pair of Francis Alwin and K Nandagopal also suffered a 21-19, 14-21, 8-21 loss to third seeded German combo of Mark Lamsfuss and Marvin Emil Seidel.