India Open 2019: Eight singles players, 10 teams advance to main draw
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Eight singles players and 10 teams from India secured berths in the main draw as the qualifying rounds got over at the India Open 2019 badminton tournament here on Tuesday.Third seed Rahul Yadav Chittaboina and fourth seed Siddharath Thakur led the march in men's singles along with Kartik Jindal while veteran Pranaav Jerry Chopra made it through to the main draw of men's doubles in partnership with Shivam Sharma.World number 257 Jindal hardly broke a sweat in dismissing the 365th Pavel Kotsarenko in the first round. He was then made to work hard by the spirited world number 814 Sarath Dunna, who had knocked out the 210th ranked Yehezkiel Fritz Mainaky 21-9, 17-21, 21-16 in his opening round.Dunna showed the same resolve against Jindal before going down 12-21, 23-21, 19-21 in a tight contest that lasted 53 minutes.Following the marathon, the 20-year-old Jindal stressed on the importance of recovering well before his first round clash with seventh seed Khosit Phetpradab."I feel ...