India’s Meiraba enters main draw

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India's Meiraba Luwang Maisnam progressed to the main draw of the men's singles competition at the Thailand Open Super 500 tournament here on Tuesday.

The 21-year-old from Manipur, who trains at Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, beat compatriot Shashwat Dalal 15-21, 21-14, 21-16, and then notched up a 21-19, 21-9 win over Malaysia's Kok Jing Hong to enter the main draw. He will face fellow Indian and fifth seed HS Prannoy on Wednesday.

There were four other Indians - S Sankar Muthusamy, Ayush Shetty, Kartikey Gulshan Kumar and Ravi - in men's singles qualification round but they failed to make the cut after suffering losses in different stages.

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