One of the survivors of the men’s singles bloodbath on Thursday, India’s Parupalli Kashyap continued with his brilliant performance in defeating Frenchman Brice Leverdez on Friday and sealed the semifinal berth in the $300,000 Singapore Open Super Series Badminton Tournament. Unfortunately, another Indian, HS Prannoy couldn’t play his quarterfinal against Japanese Kento Momota because of a toe injury with Momota sailing into the semis on a walk-over victory over the Indian. For a place in the final, Kashyap will play Hong Kong’s Hu Yun, who defeated China’s Tian Houwei, while Momota will take on Indonesian qualifier Simon Santoso, who beat Thailand’s Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk in the other quarterfinal. There were no surprises