Macau, June 16: India’s Rounak Chouhan secured a place in the men’s singles main draw of the Macau Open Super 300 badminton tournament after his opponent, Myanmar’s Hein Htut, retired in a qualification match here on Tuesday.
Both players had taken a game each before Htut retired, with the scoreline reading 14-21, 21-15, 19-17 in favour of the Indian.
Chouhan will take on Zhe Ying Wu of Chinese Taipei, ranked 133rd in the world, in the round of 32 of the main draw on Wednesday.
In other qualification matches, Tushar Suveer lost his men’s singles match against Christian Adinata of Indonesia.
The women’s doubles pair of Ashwini Bhat and Shikha Gautam also lost. (PTI)
