Kuala Lumpur, May 19: Indian shuttler Ashmita Chaliha defeated Pai Yu-po of Chinese Taipei in a tough three-game contest to qualify for the women’s singles main draw of the Malaysia Masters Super 500 tournament here on Tuesday.
Chaliha, 26, beat Yu-po 21-23, 21-16, 21-16 in the qualification match that lasted 56 minutes. She will take on world no. 56 Thalita Ramadhani Wiryawan of Indonesia in the opening round of main draw.
But it was curtains for Aakarshi Kashyap, who lost 21-15, 20-22, 7-21 against Park Ga Eun of Korea in her women’s singles qualifying match.
The Indian men’s doubles pair of Hariharan Amsakarunan and M R Ajun, meanwhile, progressed to the second round with a stunning 21-19, 21-15 win over seventh seeds Christo Popov and Toma Junior Popov of France. They will next play the winner of the match between Indonesia’s Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin and Chinese pair of Hu Ke Yuan and Lin Xiang Yi. (PTI)
