Indian shuttlers have made a rousing start to the new season by reaching the second round of the Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold tournament. At Penang yesterday, PV Sindhu, K Srikanth, Ajay Jayaram, Subhankar Dey, B Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma outclassed their opponents in the opening round of their respective singles event. Also, the pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa notched up a stunning win to make their way into the women's doubles second round. Two-time World Championship bronze-medallist, Sindhu, seeded third, thrashed Switzerland's Sabrina Jaquet 21-17, 21-16 in a 33-minute battle, while 2014 China Open winner Srikanth brushed aside Malaysia's Wei Feng Chong 21-17, 21-11. 10th seed Ajay Jayaram sent packing Japan's Takuma Ueda 21-19, 21-11, while TATA Open winner Sameer stunned Japan's Sho Sasaki, seeded 12th, 21-18 21-18 in another men's singles match. Sai Praneeth defeated Malaysia's Shahzan Shah Misfahul 21-13 21-15, while new kid Subhankar Dey, too, notched up a 21-19 21-16 win over Thailand's Kantaphon Wangcharoen in another men's singles clash. In Women's Doubles, 2010 Commonwealth Games champions, Jwala and Ashwini edged out Malaysian combo of Mei Kuan Chow and Lee Meng Yean 21-14 14-21 25-23 in a 54-minute hard-fought clash.