Sydney, Nov. 19 -- Indian shuttlers had a good outing in the opening round at the Australian Open 2025 badminton tournament in Sydney, with Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth advancing to the men's singles second round of the BWF Super 500 event on Wednesday.

Paris Olympics 2024 semi-finalist Lakshya defeated Chinese Taipei's Su Li-yang by a 21-17, 21-13 scoreline in a one-sided 43-minute game to advance to the next round.

Prannoy, playing his second tournament on the BWF World Tour after overcoming injury, beat Indonesia's Yohanes Saut Marcellyno 6-21, 21-12, 21-17.

Former World No. 1 Srikanth booked his place in the round of 16 after defeating Chinese Taipei's Lee Chia-hao 21-19, 19-21, 21-15 in a thrilling battle that went...