India, Jan. 15 -- Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu was shockingly knocked out with an opening loss, but Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the second round on a mixed day for India at the $ 950,000 India Open Super 750 badminton tournament at the IG Stadium.

Sindhu, who reached the semifinals of Malaysia Super 1000 last week, couldn't maintain the pressure after narrowly pocketing the opening game to eventually go down 22-20, 12-21, 15-21 to Vietnam's Thuy Linh Nguyen in 68 minutes. Earlier, former world No. 1 Srikanth had to dig deep to outlast fellow Indian Tharun Mannepalli 15-21, 21-6, 21-19, while Malvika Bansod, returning from an injury layoff, displayed patience and defensive solidity to beat Chinese Taipei's Pai Yu Po 21-18, 21-...