Denmark Super Series: Anand Pawar reaches main draw

Indian shuttler Anand Pawar powered his way to the main draw of the men`s singles competition with a straight-game victory over German`s Dieter Domke in the Denmark Super Series Premier on Tuesday.

Odense: Indian shuttler Anand Pawar powered his way to the main draw of the men`s singles competition with a straight-game victory over German`s Dieter Domke in the Denmark Super Series Premier here on Tuesday.

Pawar notched up a 26-24 21-15 win over local player Flemming Quach in the first round and then prevailed over Domke 21-7 21-17 in the second round of the qualification. K Srikanth too had reached the second round with a 21-13 21-8 victory over Christian Lind Thomsen but he failed to get across Japan`s Kento Momota in the second round of the qualifiers. It was curtains for Sourabh Verma and H S Prannoy as well. Earlier in the day, Sourabh Verma lost to Estonia`s Raul Must 13 -21 21-6 18-21, while H S Prannoy suffered a 13-21 8-21 loss to Momota in another qualifier. The main draw starts from Wednesday.