<p>Top Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap crossed the opening hurdle to reach the second round of men’s singles competition at the USD 120,000 German Grand Prix Gold here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Srikanth, who clinched the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold at Lucknow in January this year, saw off Japan’s Takuma Ueda 12-21, 21-18, 21-11 in a hard-fought battle that lasted close to an hour on Tuesday night. The sixth seeded Indian will face The Netherlands’ Erik Meijs next.<br /><br />Kashyap, on the other hand, had an easy outing on the opening day as he spanked Ukraine’s Artem Pochtarev 21-9, 21-9 in his first international match in more than a month.<br /><br />The 11th seeded Indian, who missed a lot of time due to a series of injuries, will meet Irish qualifier Joshua Magee in the second round on Thursday.<br /><br />Young Indian shuttler Sameer Verma also notched up an easy win over Dmytro Zavadsky 21-9, 21-8 to set up a clash with Korea’s Lee Dong Keun, seeded 15th.<br /><br />Another Indian qualifier Kaushal Dharmamer lost to 14th seed Marc Zwiebler 21-4, 21-14 in the opening round.<br /><br />Indian men’s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy will meet England’s combo of Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge.</p>
<p>Top Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap crossed the opening hurdle to reach the second round of men’s singles competition at the USD 120,000 German Grand Prix Gold here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Srikanth, who clinched the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold at Lucknow in January this year, saw off Japan’s Takuma Ueda 12-21, 21-18, 21-11 in a hard-fought battle that lasted close to an hour on Tuesday night. The sixth seeded Indian will face The Netherlands’ Erik Meijs next.<br /><br />Kashyap, on the other hand, had an easy outing on the opening day as he spanked Ukraine’s Artem Pochtarev 21-9, 21-9 in his first international match in more than a month.<br /><br />The 11th seeded Indian, who missed a lot of time due to a series of injuries, will meet Irish qualifier Joshua Magee in the second round on Thursday.<br /><br />Young Indian shuttler Sameer Verma also notched up an easy win over Dmytro Zavadsky 21-9, 21-8 to set up a clash with Korea’s Lee Dong Keun, seeded 15th.<br /><br />Another Indian qualifier Kaushal Dharmamer lost to 14th seed Marc Zwiebler 21-4, 21-14 in the opening round.<br /><br />Indian men’s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy will meet England’s combo of Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge.</p>