World champion PV Sindhu and World Championships bronze medallist B Sai Praneeth won their particular matches and entered the pre-quarterfinals of Denmark Open, at Odense Sports Park on Tuesday.

Fifth-seeded Sindhu, who had made early exits in China and Korea, crushed Indonesia's Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 22-20, 21-18 in the opening round match, which went on for 38 minutes.

The Olympic silver medallist will currently confront Korea's A Se Young next. While B Sai Praneeth crushed legendary Lin Dan 21-14 21-17 in a 35-minute opening round conflict to enter the second round.

He is probably going to meet world no. 1 and two-time world champion Kento Momota of Japan straightaway. He had lost to Momota at the World Championships in Basel, Switzerland. In doubles, Thailand Open champion Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty likewise made a decent start to their men's doubles battle, beating Korean pair of Kim Gi Jung and Lee Yong Dae 24-22 21-11 in 39 minutes.

In the interim, previous Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap, who had arrived at the semi-final of the Korea Open a month ago, lost 13-21, 12-21 to Thailand's Sitthikom Thammasin, to bow out in the first round.

National champion Sourabh Verma, who had secured the Hyderabad Open and Vietnam Open this year, likewise made an early exit, after losing 21-19 11-21 17-21 to Mark Caljouw of the Netherlands.