Ashwini qualifies for main draw

In her return to the singles event after a gap of four years, ace Indian shuttler Ashwini Ponappa today registered her second consecutive win to qualify for the main draw of Canara Bank All-India Senior Ranking badminton tournament here.
Ashwini beat Tamil Nadu player S Shruthi 15-12, 15-13 in the second round of the qualifying event being played at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy here.
Ashwini yesterday had thrashed Andhra Pradesh girl Siri Chandana 15-8 15-6.
Women's singles final qualifying results: Reshma Karthik (AI) Beat (UP) Sara Naqvi 15-5 12-15 15-9, Ekata Kalia (HAR) Beat (RLY) Dhanya Nair 11-15 15-3 15-8, Sheshadri Sanyal (WB) Beat (MAH) Rucha Nikam 15-10 15-5, Pooja D (AP) Beat (UTR) Swati Sharma 18-16 15-11, Ashwini Ponnappa (PET) Beat (TN) Shruthi S 15-12 15-13, Anita Ohlan (RLY) Beat (KTK) Mira Mahadevan 15-9 15-11, Kanthi Visalakshi P (TN) Beat (KTK) Nischitha G M 15-2 17-15, Juhi Dewangan (CG) Beat (AP) Vaishnavi K 9-15 15-11 15-12, Kanishq M (AP) Beat (KTK) Mithun M 15-8 15-5,

Men's singles final qualifying results: Chirag Sen (AI) Beat (RAJ) Prem Singh Chouhan 15-5 15-8, Moheet Kamat (RLY) Beat (DLI) Sachin Rawat 15-9 15-10, S S Siril Varma (AP) Beat (MAH) Kabir Kanzarkar 15-9 15-7, Ashish Sharma (DLI) Beat (CG) Venket Gaurav Pradad 8-15 15-11 15-9, Akshit Mahajan (HAR) Beat (MAH) Nigel D'Sa 15-4 16-14, Arijeet Bose (MAH) Beat (MAH) Sudhanshu Medsikar 16-14 15-8. Ketan Chahal (HAR) Beat (AP) N V S Vijetha 15-13 11-15 15-10.