BANGKOK, July 30: Indian shuttlers Sourabh Verma and Sai Uttejitha Rao Chukka made it to the men�s and women�s singles main draw of the Thailand Open badminton tournament after winning their respective qualifying round matches here on Tuesday.
Sourabh first beat Kantawat Leelavechabutr of Thailand 21-18, 21-19 and then got the better of Zhou Ze Qi of China 11-21, 21-14, 21-18 in his second match of the qualification round to advance to the men�s singles main draw. Zhou had beaten another Indian Ajay Jayaram 21-16, 21-13.
Uttejitha Rao, meanwhile, beat Tam Brittney of Canada 16-21, 21-14, 21-19 to enter the women�s singles main draw.
The likes of Saina Nehwal, in women�s singles, and B Sai Praneeth, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy and Parupalli Kashyap, in men�s singles, are in the fray in the main draw of the BWF World Tour Super 500 tournament.
The main draw begins on Wednesday. � PTI
