Shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap reached the second round of the men’s singles competition in the $120,000 German Grand Prix Gold at Mulheim an der Ruhr.
Shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap reached the second round of the men’s singles competition in the $120,000 German Grand Prix Gold at Mulheim an der Ruhr.
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.
The sixth seeded Indian faces the Netherlands’ Erik Meijs next.
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.
The 11th seed, who was hit by a series of injuries, meets Irish qualifier Joshua Magee in the second round.
Sameer Verma 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.
Another Indian qualifier Kaushal Dharmamer lost to 14th seed Marc Zwiebler 21-4, 21-14 in the opening round.
