But India's two mixed doubles pairs were knocked out in the first round on the opening day of the World Badminton C'ships
Indian shuttlers Parupalli Kashyap and H S Prannoy warmed up for bigger battles ahead with straight-game victories in the opening round of the prestigious World Badminton Championship in Jakarta on Monday.
Commonwealth Games champion Kashyap, seeded 10th, defeated Netherlands' Erik Meijs 21-17, 21-10 to set up a clash with Vietnam's Nguyen Tien Minh in the men's singles at the Gelora Bung Karno stadium.
Indonesia Masters winner Prannoy, who is making a comeback after being sidelined due to a foot injury, beat Brazil's Alex Yuwan Tjong 21-12, 21-16 to start his campaign on a positive note.
The 11th seed will take on Uganda's Edwin Ekiring in the next round.
But the Indian mixed doubles pair of Arun Vishnu and Aparna Balan suffered a close 18-21, 21-10, 22-24, loss to Russian pair of Evgenij Dremin and Evgenia Dimova, while another pair of Tarun Kona and Sikki N Reddy too went down 13-21, 17-21 against Liao Min Chun and Chen Hsiao Huan of Chinese Taipei.
Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal, India Super Series winner Kidambi Srikanth and two-time bronze medal winner P V Sindhu will start their campaign on Tuesday.
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Rankings: Saina retains No 2 spot; Prannoy rises to No 12