Thailand Open: Sourabh, Uttejitha in main draw

Sourabh first beat Kantawat Leelavechabutr of Thailand 21-18, 21-19. He 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, defeated 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.