While defending champion and World No 49 Aparna Popat got a bye, former National champion Manjusha Kanwar registered a hard-fought win over Victoria Hristova of Bulgaria 13-11, 4-11, 11-6. Manjusha now meets Gillian Martin of Scotland while Aparna will meet Anu Weekstrom of Denmark.

In the men's singles, Abhinn Shyam Gupta beat Pavel Kaezynski of Poland 15-8, 15-7. India No 2 Nikhil Kanetkar upset Andrez Pohar of Slovakia 15-3 15-11 for a match-up with J Aalto of Finland.

Former junior champion Sachin Ratti was in his element, knocking out Liu Kwok Wa of Hong Kong 15-6, 15-10.

National champion P Gopi Chand trounced Patrick Boonen of Belgium 15-3, 15-2.India's top doubles pair Vincent Lobo and Jaseel Ismail recorded a creditable win over Ilkka Nyqvist & Ville Kinnunen of Finland 15-8, 15-1.