NEW DELHI: India shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Wednesday kicked off his Thailand Masters campaign with a straight-game win over Chinese Taipei's Wang Tzu Wei in Bangkok.
The former world number battled for 45 minutes, securing a 22-20, 21-19 win, advancing to the second round.
In the next round, Srikanth is set to face compatriot Mithun Manjunath, who defeated Jason Gunawan from Hong Kong with a scoreline of 21-17, 21-8 in the first round.
S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian also started his campaign with a 21-14 21-17 straight game win over Leong Jun Hao of Malaysia.
Sameer Verma made a first round exit, going down to Hong Kong's Angus Ng Ka Long 14-21 18-21 while Kiran George retired after trailing 17-21 in his round of 32 match against China's Lei Lan Xi.
Malvika Bansod and Ashmita Chaliha cruised to the second round of the women's singles event.
While Ashmita defeated Wong Ling Ching 21-10 21-16, Malivika got the better of Peru's Ines Lucia Castillo Salazar 22-20, 21-8.
Malvika will next face Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan, who knocked out India's Imad Farooqui Samiya 21-14, 21-18.
(With inputs from PTI)
