Veteran Joshna Chinappa and Veer Chotrani advanced in the Hamburg Open squash, while compatriots Velavan Senthilkumar and Tanvi Khanna bowed out in the opening round here.
Former women`s world No 10 Joshna eased past local challenger Saskia Beinhard 11-4, 11-5, 11-4, while men`s world No 47 Chotrani beat Spain`s Ivan Perez 11-8, 11-9, 11-8 in the PSA Bronze-level event.
Men`s fifth seed Abhay Singh, who moved up to a career-best world ranking of 22 this week, and Ramit Tandon, the seventh seed, received first-round byes.
Other Indian results – Men: R Tsukue (Jpn) bt V Senthilkumar 11-4, 11-9, 14-12; Women: Hannah Craig (Irl) bt Tanvi Khanna 11-5, 11-7, 13-11.
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