Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal started her campaign on a positive note, advancing to the second round of the women's singles competition of the All England Badminton championships at Birmingham. But it was curtains for Parupalli Kashyap and K Srikanth in the first round of the men's singles category.Saina notched up an easy 21-15, 21-6 win over Scotland's Kirsty Gilmour in a 32-minute match.Commonwealth Games bronze medallist, Kashyap lost to fifth seed Kenichi Tago of Japan in three games 21-14, 19-21, 17-21 in a match that lasted an hour and 15 minutes. Thailand Open GP Gold winner Srikanth also failed to cross the first hurdle and went down to Japan's Kento Momota 11-21, 15-21 in another singles match. India's mixed doubles pair of Tarun Kona and Ashwini Ponnappa also fell in the opening round, losing to fourth seed Danish combo of Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen 13-21, 16-21 in just over half an hour.