The seasoned and her partner Rohan Kapoor entered the second round in the mixed doubles on the opening day of the badminton event in Lucknow on Tuesday. )
The duo overcame the challenge from the Malaysian pair of Peng Soon Chan and Yee See Cheah in straight games. The Indians won 21-12, 21-18.
Also, the B Sumeeth Kumar Reddy-Sikki Reddy's pair tasted success, beating Taiwan's Hsuan-Yi Wu and Chu Yun 21-14, 21-14 to enter second round.
Meanwhile, Venkat Gaurav Prasad and Juhi Dewangan's pair lost to Taiwan's Chien-Wei Chiang and Meng Chen Wu in the mixed doubles qualifiers.
In the men's singles category, Chirag Sen prevailed a tough challenge from Ravi to enter the main round, winning 21-7, 12-21, 21-17 in three closely contested games.
Sen also teamed up successfully with Dhruv Rawat against Vimalraj Annadurai and Navin Prasanth Eswaramoorthy to enter second round of men's doubles, after winning 22-24, 21-13, 21-17.
