Orleans (France), March 18 India's Kidambi Srikanth was eliminated in the first round of the men's singles event, while Anmol Kharb and Tanvi Sharma advanced to the round of 16 in the women's singles event of the Orleans Masters Super Badminton tournament, here on Wednesday.
Srikanth, a former world No.1, lost 12-21, 10-21 to Magnus Johannesen of Denmark, while Kharb recorded a convincing 21-12, 21-16 victory against Turkey's Neslihan Arin.
Tanvi also progressed to the next round after defeating Thailand's Supanida Katethong, who conceded the match 21-18, 14-12 due to an injury.
Elsewhere, Rakshitha Ramraj lost 9-21, 15-21 in the first round against Japan's Manami Suzuki.