Delhi shuttler Rachita Sahdev today entered the women's singles main draw through the qualifying rounds of USD 120,000 India Grand Prix Gold at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium here today.
Rachita notched up a straight-game win in the first match and then was awarded a walkover to pave her way to the women's singles main draw.
Rachita defeated Meenu Singh 21-5, 21-13 in a match that lasted for just 18 minutes and then she got a walkover in the second and final qualifying round.
R Santoshi Hasini, Sanchali Dasgupta and Shruti Mundada were the others girls who also qualified for the main draw.
Bennet Antony and P H Suraj registered a 21-13, 21-19 victory over Shlok Ramchandran and Sanyam Shukla in a 27-minute match to enter the main draw of men'd doubles competition.
