Indonesia Open Badminton: Aakarshi Kashyap, Sumeeth Reddy-Ashwini Ponnappa Enter Main Draw

Kashyap, who had claimed the top spot in the national selection trials for upcoming major events, including Commonwealth Games, prevailed 13-21 21-9 21-9 over Sirada in 46 minutes.

She will face USA's Beiwen Zhang next.?

Indian mixed doubles pair of B Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa, who had grabbed the top position in the selection trials to secure a place in the CWG squad, also made a winning start to their campaign.

Sumeeth and Ashwini saw off Japanese combination of Yujiro Nishikawa and Saori Ozaki 17-21 21-18 21-14 in 50 minutes.

The duo will take on Indonesia's Hafiz Faizal and Serena Kani in the main draw.

In the men's singles, Subhankar Dey couldn't cross the qualification round, losing 22-20 10-21 13-21 to Andi Fadel Muhammad of Indonesia.

Kartikey Gulshan Kumar also lost in the qualification round, going down 16-21 21-9 14-21 to Soong Joo Ven of Malaysia.

Young women's pairing of Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker also lost to second seeded Korean pair of Lee So Hee and Shin Seung Chan 10-21 11-21 in 31 minutes.

In the doubles main draw, women's pairing of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy and men's combination of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy crashed out after suffering losses.

While Ashwini and Sikki lost 18-21 9-21 to Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari and Rachel Allessya Rose of Indonesia, Sumeeth and Manu suffered a 21-19 11-21 8-21 loss to Pramudya Kusumawardana and Yeremia Yacob Rambitan.