Mulheim an der Ruhr (Germany): Top Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap crossed the opening hurdle to reach the second round of men's singles competition at the USD 120,000 German Grand Prix Gold here.

Srikanth, who clinched the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold at Lucknow in January this year, saw off Japan's Takuma Ueda 12-21 21-18 21-11 in a hard-fought battle that lasted close to an hour last night.