Denmark Open: PV Sindhu and Sai Praneeth enter second round

World Champion P.V. Sindhumade an impressive start to her campaign at the Denmark Open, claiming astraight-game win over Indonesia's Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in the women'ssingles competition here on Tuesday.

Fifth seed Sindhu, who had made early exits in China and Korea, got back her bearing as she overcame former World Junior Champion Gregoria 22-20, 21-18 in 38 minutes to keep her 5-0 record intact against the Indonesian. The Olympic silver medallist will now face Korea's An Se Young next.

World Championships bronzemedallist B. Sai Praneeth also made it to the second round beating thelegendary Lin Dan 21-14, 21-17 in a 35-minute opening round clash. TheHyderabad shuttler is likely to meet world No. 1 and two-time world championKento Momota of Japan next. He had lost to Momota at the World Championships inBasel, Switzerland.

Thailand Open championsSatwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also made a good start to their men'sdoubles campaign, beating Korean pair of Kim Gi Jung and Lee Yong Dae 24-22,21-11 in 39 minutes.

Former Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap, who had reached the semifinals at Korea Open, failed to cross the opening round after losing 13-21, 12-21 to Thailand's Sitthikom Thammasin in the men's singles.

National champion Sourabh Verma, who had clinched the Hyderabad Open and Vietnam Open this year, also made an early exit after going down 21-19, 11-21, 17-21 to Mark Caljouw of the Netherlands.