Indian shuttlers had a good day in office as P C Thulasi, RMV Gurusaidutt, Kidambi Srikanth and men's doubles pair of Pranaav Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar too reached the last 16 at the Emirates Arena.
World No. 11 Sindhu had a walk in the park against South Africa's Sandra Le Grange whom she tamed 21-4 21-6 in just 17 minutes, while Delhi Games bronze medallist, Kashyap streamrolled Dakeil Thorpe 21-9 21-5 in a 19-minute men's singles match.
In another women's singles match, Thulasi made mince meat of Ireland's Sinead Chambers 21-10 21-2 in 24 minutes, while Gurusaidutt brushed aside Edwin Ekiring of Uganda 21-13 21-11 in a men's singles match that lasted for half an hour.
Thulasi faces the winner of the match between Canada's R Honderich and Solen Pasturel of Jersey, while Gurusaidutt will next take on Canada's Andrew D'Souza.
Srikanth also didn't break any sweat as he disposed off Daniel Font of Wales 21-8 21-13 in his round of 32 match. The Thailand Grand Prix Gold winner will square off against N Karunaratne next.
After his match, Kashyap said: "That was straightforward. I'm getting used to the conditions and I'm feeling good."
On whether he is using the early rounds as a workout, he said: "It all depends on the opponent. If we can get some shuttles going then I can work on something otherwise I just try to get it over with as quickly as possible. Today I just got it over with."
On facing Jeff Tho in the last 16, he said: "I've played him a couple of times before but a long way back and I expect to win.
