Olympic bronze medallist, Saina defeated Yin Fun Lim of Malaysia 21-17
21-12 and two-time World Championship bronze medallist, Sindhu thrashed
qualifier Ekta Kalia 21-6 21-12 at the BBD UP Badminton Academy.
World No. 4 Srikanth, who won the China Super Series Premier last year, beat Shreyansh Jaiswal 21-14 21-13 while Commonwealth Games champion Kashyap edged past emerging player Subhankar Dey 21-11 22-20 in men's singles competition.
Among other top names, 14th seed Ajay Jayaram, 16th seed Arvind Bhat, fourth seed H S Prannoy, eighth seed RMV Gurusaidutt, seventh seed Sourabh Varma, sixth seed B Sai Praneeth made it to the second round.
In women's singles, Rituparna Das spanked qualifier Riya Mukherjee 21-7 21-16 and 2011 National Games champion Arundhati Pantawane brushed aside Slovakia's Jana Ciznarova 21-10 21-12.
Bahrain International Challenge winner P C Thulasi and Tanvi Lad also had a good day in office as they steamrolled qualifier Rucha Nikam and Russia's Anna Astrakhantseva 21-5 21-8 and 21-9 21-1 respectively.
World No. 4 Srikanth, who won the China Super Series Premier last year, beat Shreyansh Jaiswal 21-14 21-13 while Commonwealth Games champion Kashyap edged past emerging player Subhankar Dey 21-11 22-20 in men's singles competition.
Among other top names, 14th seed Ajay Jayaram, 16th seed Arvind Bhat, fourth seed H S Prannoy, eighth seed RMV Gurusaidutt, seventh seed Sourabh Varma, sixth seed B Sai Praneeth made it to the second round.
In women's singles, Rituparna Das spanked qualifier Riya Mukherjee 21-7 21-16 and 2011 National Games champion Arundhati Pantawane brushed aside Slovakia's Jana Ciznarova 21-10 21-12.
Bahrain International Challenge winner P C Thulasi and Tanvi Lad also had a good day in office as they steamrolled qualifier Rucha Nikam and Russia's Anna Astrakhantseva 21-5 21-8 and 21-9 21-1 respectively.
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