<p>Top Indian shuttlers, including K Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap in men's singles and P V Sindhu in women's singles, advanced to the second round after easy victories on the first day of the main draw in the Syed Modi International Badminton tournament here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Srikanth hardly broke a sweat as he thrashed Vatannejad Soroush Eskandari of Iran 21-4 21-10 in just 18 minutes in his first round match at Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium. He will meet Joo Ven Soong of Malaysia in the second round.<br /><br />Fourth seeded Kashyap, on the other hand, beat compatriot Oscar Bansal 21-18 21-11 in a 27-minute match to storm into the second round. He will play Zi Liang Derek Wong of Singapore in the second round.<br /><br />Other Indians who won their first round men's singles matches include sixth seeded Ajay Jayaram, Sameer Verma, Anand Pawar, Sourabh Verma and B Sai Parneeth who also notched up easy straight-set wins.<br /><br />However, fifth seed H S Prannoy and R M V Gurusaidutt were among the Indians who lost their men's first round singles matches.<br /><br />In the women's singles, third seed Sindhu easily defeated competriot qualifier Mukherjee Riya 21-6 21-7 in her first round match. She will next meet unseeded Nitchaon Jindapol of Thailand in the second round.<br /><br />In the women's doubles, top Indian pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa sailed into the second round with an easy 21-6 21-14 win over English pair of Heather Olver and Laurem Smith in a 25-minute contest. They will now play against the Indian pair of N B Hazarika and Harika Veludurthi in the second round.</p>
<p>Top Indian shuttlers, including K Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap in men's singles and P V Sindhu in women's singles, advanced to the second round after easy victories on the first day of the main draw in the Syed Modi International Badminton tournament here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Srikanth hardly broke a sweat as he thrashed Vatannejad Soroush Eskandari of Iran 21-4 21-10 in just 18 minutes in his first round match at Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium. He will meet Joo Ven Soong of Malaysia in the second round.<br /><br />Fourth seeded Kashyap, on the other hand, beat compatriot Oscar Bansal 21-18 21-11 in a 27-minute match to storm into the second round. He will play Zi Liang Derek Wong of Singapore in the second round.<br /><br />Other Indians who won their first round men's singles matches include sixth seeded Ajay Jayaram, Sameer Verma, Anand Pawar, Sourabh Verma and B Sai Parneeth who also notched up easy straight-set wins.<br /><br />However, fifth seed H S Prannoy and R M V Gurusaidutt were among the Indians who lost their men's first round singles matches.<br /><br />In the women's singles, third seed Sindhu easily defeated competriot qualifier Mukherjee Riya 21-6 21-7 in her first round match. She will next meet unseeded Nitchaon Jindapol of Thailand in the second round.<br /><br />In the women's doubles, top Indian pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa sailed into the second round with an easy 21-6 21-14 win over English pair of Heather Olver and Laurem Smith in a 25-minute contest. They will now play against the Indian pair of N B Hazarika and Harika Veludurthi in the second round.</p>