Ajay Jayaram and P V Sindhu advanced to the second round of the men&#39;s and women&#39;s singles competition respectively after notching up contrasting victories in the Japan Super Series in Tokyo today. The world number 29 Jayaram thrashed Zi Liang Derek Wong of Singapore 21-14 21-14, while Sindhu prevailed over Kaori Imabeppu 21-18 17-21 21-13 after a gruelling battle that last 57 minutes at Tokyo Yoyogi Gymnasium. <img alt="Jayaram, Sindhu" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/sep/jayaram-sindhu19sep.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 450px; " /> Jayaram and Sindhu. Photo: AFP However, London Olympics quarterfinalist Parupalli Kashyap was not very lucky as he suffered a straight-game defeat to former world and Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat. The seventh seed Indonesian beat Kashyap 21-18 21-18 in a 48-minute battle. Kashyap blew a seven-point cushion after being ahead at 11-4 in the first game at one point, while in the second game, Taufik didn&#39;t give the Indian any chance. RMV Gurusaidutt also lost his opening match after going down to fourth seed Sho Sasaki of Japan 18-21 15-21 in the men&#39;s singles competition. Men&#39;s doubles pair of Tarun Kona and Arun Vishnu also failed to cross the first hurdle, losing 16-21 24-26 to fifth seeds Japanese duo of Naoki Kawamae and Shoji Sato. Young shuttler Sai Praneeth B also lost his opening main draw match against Daren Liew, going down 21-17 15-21 20-22 to the Malaysian in an hour and five minutes.

India's current heroes Ajay Jayaram and P V Sindhu progress to Round Two in Japan.

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