Young Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen made it to the main draw of New Zealand Open after getting the better of compatriot Ajay Jayaram and Malaysia's Teck Zhi Soo in his qualifying round matches. He then took 32 minutes to thrash Zhi Soo 21-11 21-12 in his second qualifier and storm into the main draw of the men's singles. In the main draw, the 17-year-old will be up against Wang Tzu Wei of Taipei in his opening round. Another Indian in the fray on Tuesday, Parupalli Kashyap failed to make the main round as he lost his second qualifying match. The main draw matches will commence on Wednesday.

Source: dna April 30, 2019 12:11 UTC