Ajay Jayaram, HS Prannoy sail into second round

Seeded Indians sailed into the second round of the Indonesia Masters Grand Prix Gold in Balikpapan on Wednesday. Third-seeded Ajay Jayaram led the Indian men's campaign in the singles event while all the three entries in the women's singles made first-round exits.

Jayaram defeated local shuttler Yehezkiel Fritz Mainaky 21-8 21-9 in just 20 minutes while seventh seed and 2014 winner HS Prannoy got the better of Korea's Young Woong 16-21 21-19 21-14 and 10th seed B Sai Praneeth beat Indonesia's Riyanto Subagja 21-18 13-21 21-13, both the three-game match lasting nearly an hour.

Parupalli Kashyap, coming back from a surgery, had an easy outing, winning over Indonesia's Nathaniel Ernestan Sulistyo 21-6 21-8 in just 22 minutes.

However, in women's singles, Ruthvika Shivani Gadde, Tanvi Lad and PC Thulasi lost in straight games.

India's results only (Rd 1): Men's singles: 3-Ajay Jayaram bt Yehezkiel Fritz Mainaky (INA) 21-8 21-9, Parupalli Kashyap bt Nathaniel Ernestan Sulistyo (INA) 21-6 21-8, 7-HS Prannoy bt HA Young Woong (KOR) 16-21 21-19 21-14, 10-B Sai Praneeth bt Riyanto Subagja 21-18 13-21 21-13, Kaushal Dharmamer lost to Reksy Aureza Megananda (INA) 23-21 14-21 13-21, Harsheel Dani lost to Simon Santoso (INA) 18-21 16-21, Siril Verma lost to 16-Wei Feng Chong (MAS) 7-21 9-21

Men's doubles: K Nandagopal/ Sanyam Shukla lost to 7-Hendra Aprida Gunawan/ Markis Kido 10-21 14-21

Women's singles: Ruthvika Shivani Gadde lost to Hana Ramadhini (INA) 14-21 14-21, Tanvi Lad lost to Ruselli Hartawan (INA) 14-21 19-21

PC Thulasi lost to 4-Xiaoyu Liang (SIN) 12-21 5-21