Riya Mookerjee enters main draw of Chinese Taipei tournament

Taipei, Sep 3 (IANS) Indian shuttler Riya Mookerjee entered the main draw of the women's singles event at the Chinese Taipei meet after winning a hard battle against Cheung Ying Mei of Hong Kong in her qualification match on Tuesday.Riya came from behind to register a 9-21, 21-16, 23-21 win against Cheung Ying in 34 minutes. Star shuttlers and former champions Saina Nehwal and Sourabh Verma will lead India's campaign at the BWF World Tour Super 300 tournament by playing their respective first round matches on Wednesday. In women's singles, Saina, who is favourite to lift the title, will face Korea's An Se Young in the opening round. However, she is expected to face stiff competition from Canada's second seed Michelle Li, USA's third seed Beiwen Zhang and Korea's fourth seed Sung Ji Hyun among others.In the men's singles, Sourabh will open his campaign against Japan's Kazumasa Sakai. H.S. Prannoy will meet Wang Tzu Wei in the first round, while Sameer Verma will lock horns with Malaysia's Daren Liew.Women's doubles pair of Aparna Balan and Prajakta Sawant will take on sixth seeds Chow Mei Kuan and Lee Meng Yean of Malaysia in their first round clash.
--IANS aak/in