India's leading shuttlers Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth made a positive start to their campaign, reaching the second round of the $650,000 Denmark Open Super Series Premier here on Wednesday.
World No. 1 Saina survived a scare before prevailing over Thailand's Busanan Ongbumrungphan in women's singles, while Srikanth saw off compatriot and Dutch Open winner Ajay Jayaram in men's singles. Sindhu also advanced after beating Indonesia's Maria Febe Kusumastuti 21-13, 21-11.
In men's singles, Srikanth was up against compatriot Jayaram and it was the former who came up with a better performance as he notched up a 21-10, 21-14 win in a 32-minute match here.
World No 8 Parupalli Kashyap, however, suffered a 14-21, 15-21 loss to former World No. 1 and two-time Olympic silver medallist lee Chong Wei of Malaysia to bow out of the tournament.
However, it was curtains for 2010 Commonwealth Games champions Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa as they lost 19-21 18-21 to seventh seeds Reika Kakiiwa and Miyuki Maeda of Japan in a 45-minute women's doubles match.
In doubles, top Indian men's pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy, who finished runners-up at Dutch Open last week, posted a 24-22 21-13 win over England combo of Marcus Ellis and Chris langridge.