In the men's singles event, former world number one Kidambi Srikanth has also secured a place in the second round. Srikanth knocked out compatriot Cyril Verma 21-17, 21-10. Srikanth will now face Germany's Kim Brun in the second round.

According to media reports, in other matches of the day, the pair of K Sai Prateek and Gayatri Gopichand defeated the pair of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Castro 21-16, 16-21, 21-17. While in the men's doubles event, Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan have also started the tournament with wins.

Let us inform that Ritika Thaker and Simran Singh have defeated Ukraine's Maria Stolyarenko and Yelizaveta Zharka in the women's doubles event. India's 12th seed Srikanth defeated the local player 21-12 21-16 in just 36 minutes in the first round of the men's singles event.

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