Basel (Switzerland), March 3 (TIWN) India's Kidambi Srikanth and Sourabh Verma on Wednesday progressed to the second round of the singles event while the men's doubles pair comprising Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also had a winning start at the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament here.

Srikanth defeated Sourabh's brother, Sameer, 17-21, 21-18, 21-11 in an hour and one minute in the first round. Sourabh beat Switzerland's Christian Kirchmayr 21-19, 21-18 in 43 minutes.  The men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty got off to a winning start as they defeated Scotland's Christopher Grimley and Matthew Grimley 21-18, 19-21, 21-16 in the opening round.