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Thursday, May 29, 2025
The women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also made a winning start.
Sindhu will next face unseeded Saena Kawakami, the Japanese world No. 38, who caused an upset by eliminating sixth-seeded Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand 21-17 21-19.
For Saina Nehwal it is consecutive first-round exit in the event.
London Olympics bronze medallist Saina went down fighting to American Iris Wang, 11-21 17-21.
Indian flavour will be missing in the men's section at the Indonesian Open Super Series 500 after the withdrawals of Srikkanth, Kashyap and Prannoy.
Srikanth, seeded eighth in the BWF Super 500 tournament, won his first round match against Brice Leverdez of France 18-21, 21-10, 21-16 in 49 minutes.
Indian men's doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also made it to the quarterfinals.
The selection trials are scheduled here from April 15 to 20.
Sen, 20-year-old Indian star, registered a 21-16 21-18 win on Thursday.
H S Prannoy lost to German Open champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn 21-15, 24-22 while former World Championships bronze medallist B Sai Praneeth went down to Tokyo Olympics champion Viktor Axelsen 22-20, 21-11.
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