Indian shuttlers Sourabh Verma and Sai Uttejitha Rao Chukka entered the men’s and women’s singles main draw of the Thailand Open badminton tournament in Bangkok today.
Sourabh first beat Kantawat Leelavechabutr of Thailand and then defeated Zhou Ze Qi of China in his second match of the qualification round to advance to the men’s singles main draw. Uttejitha Rao beat Tam Brittney of Canada to enter the women’s singles main draw.
Others in the main draw are Saina Nehwal in women’s singles and B Sai Pranneeth, Kidambi Srikanth, H S Prannoy and Parupalli Kashyap, in men’s singles. The main draw will begin tomorrow.