<p class="title">India made a promising start at the Korea Open with shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma advancing to the second round of the men's singles competition here on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The sixth seed Srikanth defeated Hong Kong's Wong Wing Ki Vincent 21-18 21-17 in a match that lasted 37 minutes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The former world no.1 Srikanth now enjoys a dominant 11-3 head-to-head record over the Hong Kong shuttler. He will face Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan in the second round.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sameer Verma also reached the second round after his opponent Japan's Kazumasa Sakai retired midway with the score reading 11-8 in favor of the Indian.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, it was the end of the road for Sourabh Verma, who went down after winning the first game to local favorite Kim Donghun 21-13 12-21 13-21.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sameer will take on Donghun in the second round.</p>
<p class="title">India made a promising start at the Korea Open with shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma advancing to the second round of the men's singles competition here on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The sixth seed Srikanth defeated Hong Kong's Wong Wing Ki Vincent 21-18 21-17 in a match that lasted 37 minutes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The former world no.1 Srikanth now enjoys a dominant 11-3 head-to-head record over the Hong Kong shuttler. He will face Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan in the second round.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sameer Verma also reached the second round after his opponent Japan's Kazumasa Sakai retired midway with the score reading 11-8 in favor of the Indian.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, it was the end of the road for Sourabh Verma, who went down after winning the first game to local favorite Kim Donghun 21-13 12-21 13-21.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sameer will take on Donghun in the second round.</p>