Orleans, March 18 -- Indian shuttler Aakarshi Kashyap will be in action in the main draw of the ongoing Orlean Masters badminton tournament on Wednesday after securing wins in both of her qualifier matches.

On Tuesday at the Palais des Sports in France, the world number 63 started off her campaign with a well-fought win by 21-19, 17-21, 21-13 over compatriot Shriyanshi Valishetty in a match that lasted just over an hour, as per Olympics.com. Later on, a victory against Chinese Taipei's Lee Yu-Hsuan earned her a qualification to the main draw.

In the main draw, she will take on Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Yeo Jia Min of Singapore in round one.

The country's sole men's singles qualifier, Sankar Subramanian, however, failed to make...