Sydney, June 8: Indian stars Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth registered comprehensive wins to advance to the second round, while PV Sindhu suffered an opening round upset at the $750,000 Australian Badminton Open Superseries here on Wednesday.
Apart from Srikanth, World No.37 Sameer Verma also advanced to the next round but qualifier RMV Gurusaidutt failed to cross the first round hurdle.