India's women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa started their campaign with a dominating straight-game win in the opening round of the Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold in Saarbrucken, Germany. The Indian pair brushed aside Germany's Anika Dorr and Annika Horbach 21-14 21-11 in a 23-minute match. They will next take on fourth-seeded Malaysian pair of Hui Ern Ng and Hui Lin Ng in the next round. However, it was curtains for P C Thulasi in the women's singles competition when the Indian lost her battle against sixth seed Sashina Vignes Waran of France 21-18, 14-21, 14-21 in a match that lasted 54 minutes. Yesterday, Indian shuttler Anand Pawar got the better of Meijs 21-12, 21-14.