NEW DELHI: Rising Indian shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat registered two contrasting victories to make it to the main draw of the Spain Masters Super 300 badminton tournament in Madrid on Tuesday.
The World number 60 Rajawat first easily beat El Salvador's Uriel Francisco Canjura Artiga 21-16, 21-12 before registering a fighting 21-18, 18-21, 21-15 win over France's Alex Lanier in a thrilling match.
Fast-rising Indian men's doubles pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila came from behind to beat brothers Christopher Grimley and Matthew Grimley 16-21, 21-17, 21-12 and enter the pre-quarterfinals.
Meiraba Luwang Maisnam, however, couldn't cross the opening round of the qualifiers, going down 14-21 18-21 to Lanier.
In the mixed doubles qualification round, the Indian pairing of Rohan Kapoor and N Sikki Reddy lost 12-21 22-20 19-21 to Indonesia's Amri Syahnawi and Winny Oktavina Kandow.
B Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa too missed out narrowly, going down 17-21 21-19 13-21 to China's He Ji Ting and Du Yue.
Women's pairing of Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker too went down 11-21 19-21 to Denmark's Natasja P Anthonisen and Clara Graversen in the qualification round.
(With PTI inputs)
