Cuttack, Dec. 10 -- India's young brigade lit up the opening day of the main draw at the Odisha Masters with a series of impressive wins and major upsets, headlined by Rounak Chouhan, Isharani Baruah and Tasnim Mir. Top performers Unnati Hooda, Tanvi Sharma, Kiran George also moved confidently into the next round, as per a release.

Rounak Chouhan, part of India's historic World Junior Championships medal-winning squad, produced one of the biggest results of the day by defeating Syed Modi title winner Jason Gunawan in a gripping 64-minute R32 battle. After dropping the opening game 15-21, the Indian youngster fought back brilliantly to outplay the third seed from Hong Kong China 21-17, 21-19. Rounak will now face fellow Indian Varun Kapur...