Nine Indian shuttlers, including Sourabh Varma and P C Thulasi, have advanced to the second round of the men's and women's singles competitions of the Malaysian Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament. At Pasir Gudang on Wednesday, eighth seed Sourabh Varma prevailed over Hong Kong's Yan Kit Chan 21-12, 21-17 in a 31-minute match. The 21-year-old Sourabh will next take on 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games bronze medallist compatriot Chetan Anand. Anand thrashed Indonesia's Kaesar Akbar 21-11, 21-14 in another men's singles match.Sixth seed RMV Gurusaidutt defeated compatriot Gaurav Venkat 21-7 21-8 to set up a clash with Malaysian qualifierSeng Zoe Yeoh. Seventh seed H S Prannoy thrashed Malaysia's Jiann Shiarng Chiang 21-10 ,21-16 to meet Japan's Riichi Takeshita in the next round. Sai Praneeth, seeded 12th, beat Indonesia's Mahbub Thomi Azizan 21-16, 21-11 in another men's singles match and will next take on local shuttler Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub. Young Aditya Prakash also produced a brilliant display to tame Indonesia's Andre Marteen 21-17, 15-21, 21-14.Veterans Anup Sridhar too reached the second round after notching up a 21-11, 21-16 win over Indonesia's Dharma AlrieGuna in another match. He will take on Japan's Kazumasa Sakai, seedd ninth, in the next round.In women's singles, Thulasi and Tanvi Lad advanced to the second round. While Thulasi prevailed over Chinese Taipei's Yu Po Pai in three games, Tanvi beat Indonesia's Dinar Dyah Ayustine in straight games. Thulasi and Tanvi will face off in the next round. However, National Games champion Arundhati Pantawane, Sayali Gokhale and youngsters Mayank Behal and Subhankar Dey bowed out after suffering defeats. In Men's Doubles, Indian pair of Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy B suffered a 11-21, 16-21 defeat against sixth seeded Indonesian combo of Fran Kurniawan and Bona Septano.