<p>Indian shuttlers including PV Sindhu and K Srikanth made a rousing start to the new season, reaching the second round of the $120,000 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold here on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sindhu, Srikanth, Ajay Jayaram, Subhankar Dey, B Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma outclassed their opponents in the opening round of their respective singles event, while pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa notched up a stunning win to make their way into the women’s doubles second round.<br /><br />A little over two weeks after their stints at the Premier Badminton League, Indian shuttlers rushed to participate in the first Grand Prix Gold event of the season and it was a fruitful outing in the opening round.<br /><br />Two-time World Championship bronze-medallist, Sindhu, seeded third, thrashed Switzerland’s Sabrina Jaquet 21-17, 21-16 in a 33-minute battle, while 2014 China Open winner Srikanth brushed aside Malaysia’s Wei Feng Chong 21-17, 21-11.<br /><br />10th seed Ajay Jayaram sent packing Japan’s Takuma Ueda 21-19, 21-11, while TATA Open winner Sameer stunned Japan’s Sho Sasaki, seeded 12th, 21-18, 21-18 in another men’s singles match.<br /><br />Sai Praneeth defeated Malaysia’s Shahzan Shah Misfahul 21-13, 21-15, while new kid Subhankar Dey, too, notched up a 21-19, 21-16 win over Thailand’s Kantaphon Wangcharoen in another men’s singles clash.<br /><br />2010 Commonwealth Games champions, Jwala and Ashwini also showed her prowess, edging out Malaysian combo of Mei Kuan Chow and Lee Meng Yean 21-14, 14-21, 25-23 in a 54-minute hard-fought clash.</p>
<p>Indian shuttlers including PV Sindhu and K Srikanth made a rousing start to the new season, reaching the second round of the $120,000 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold here on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sindhu, Srikanth, Ajay Jayaram, Subhankar Dey, B Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma outclassed their opponents in the opening round of their respective singles event, while pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa notched up a stunning win to make their way into the women’s doubles second round.<br /><br />A little over two weeks after their stints at the Premier Badminton League, Indian shuttlers rushed to participate in the first Grand Prix Gold event of the season and it was a fruitful outing in the opening round.<br /><br />Two-time World Championship bronze-medallist, Sindhu, seeded third, thrashed Switzerland’s Sabrina Jaquet 21-17, 21-16 in a 33-minute battle, while 2014 China Open winner Srikanth brushed aside Malaysia’s Wei Feng Chong 21-17, 21-11.<br /><br />10th seed Ajay Jayaram sent packing Japan’s Takuma Ueda 21-19, 21-11, while TATA Open winner Sameer stunned Japan’s Sho Sasaki, seeded 12th, 21-18, 21-18 in another men’s singles match.<br /><br />Sai Praneeth defeated Malaysia’s Shahzan Shah Misfahul 21-13, 21-15, while new kid Subhankar Dey, too, notched up a 21-19, 21-16 win over Thailand’s Kantaphon Wangcharoen in another men’s singles clash.<br /><br />2010 Commonwealth Games champions, Jwala and Ashwini also showed her prowess, edging out Malaysian combo of Mei Kuan Chow and Lee Meng Yean 21-14, 14-21, 25-23 in a 54-minute hard-fought clash.</p>