Ajay Jayaram and P V Sindhu advanced to the second round of the men's and women's singles competition after notching up contrasting victories in the Japan Super Series in Tokyo today.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 in 57 minutes.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.Men'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.