Sumeeth-Ashwini reach main draw

JAKARTA, June 7: Indian shuttler Aakarshi Kashyap notched up a hard-fought win over Thailand’s Sirada Roongpiboonsopit in the women’s singles qualifying round to enter the main draw of the Indonesia Masters Super 500 tournament here on Tuesday.
Kashyap prevailed 13-21 21-9 21-9 over Sirada in 46 minutes. She will face USA’s Beiwen Zhang next.
The Indian mixed doubles pair of B Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa also made a winning start.
Sumeeth and Ashwini saw off Japanese combination of Yujiro Nishikawa and Saori Ozaki 17-21 21-18 21-14 in 50 minutes. The duo will take on Indonesia’s Hafiz Faizal and Serena Kani in the main draw. (PTI)